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LEGISLATION  AND  DECISIONS 


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SEVENTEENTH  AND  EIGHTEENTH  ANNUAL  COMMONIGATIONS 


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R.  W.  GRAND  LODGE, 


OF  THE 


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OF   THE 


STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA. 


By    DAVIS/  LOUDERBACKJ  P.  G 


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BY  AUTHORITY   OF  THE   GR.1ND  LODGK. 


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DIGEST 


OF  THE 


LEGISLATION  AND  DECISIONS 


OF   THE 


8EYENTEENTH  AND  EIGHTEENTH  ANNUAL  COMMUNICATIONS 


OF   THE 


R.  W.  GRAND  LODGE, 


OF  THE 


nirep^ntr^nt  %thtt  of  Sbb  ^elloiDs, 


OF  THE 


STATE  OF  CALIFOENIA. 


By  DAVIS  LOUDEEBACK,   P.  G 

BY  ATJTHOBITY  OF  THE   GRAND  LODGE. 


SAN   FKANCISCO: 
PRINTED  BY  JOS.  WINTERBURN  &  CO.,  No.  417  CLAY  STREET,  NEAR  SANSOME. 

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DIGEST  OF  LEGISl.ATION  AxND  DECISIONS 


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OF  THE 


INDEPENDENT  ORDER  OF  ODD  FELLOWS. 


ABSENCE. 

1.  An  officer  who  has  been  absent  from  the  county,  and  is  on  his  way 

home,  may  give  "  absence  from  the  county  "  as  his  excuse,  although 
he  is  in  the  county  at  the  time  of  calling  the  Lodge  to  order;  provided 
he  exercised  due  diligence  to  reach  his  Lodge.  188,  255,  282.  See 
Eke  ATA. 

2.  A  Lodge  has  a  right  to  grant  leave  of  absence,  but  actual  service  in 

office  at  least  a  majority  of  the  nights  of  a  term,  whether  the  officer  is 
absent  with  or  without  leave  of  the  Lodge,  except  in  case  of  sickness, 
is  required  to  entitle  an  officer  to  the  honors  of  the  office.     125,  126. 

See  Watchers  and  Watching. 

ABSTRACT  QUESTIONS. 

Abstract  questions  upon  hypothetical  propositions,  when  propounded 
by  a  member  or  a  Lodge,  without  a  case  in  fact,  shall  not  be  answered 
in  an  official  manner  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  or  any  of  his  Dis- 
trict Deputies.  All  such  questions  shall  be  presented  to  the  Grand 
Lodge  at  its  annual  session,  and  shall  be  referred  to  an  apjDropriate 
committee,  under  the  rule.     89,  115. 

ACCEPTANCE  OF  SERVICE.  See  Blank  Forms,  Charges,  Summons,  Sub- 
poena. 

ACTUAL  KNOWLEDGE.     See  Defense. 

ADMISSION.  See  Reinstatement,  Visiting  and  Visitors,  Non-Affiliate,  No.  2, 
Initiation,  No.  2,  Suspension,  Offenses,  No.  3,  9,  Rejection,  Dispen- 
sation, No.  1, 

ADMISSION  OF  SERVICE.  See  Blank  Forms,  Alias  Name,  Summons, 
Charges,  Nos.  5,  6,  Subpoena. 

AID.     See  Dispensation. 


354  DIGESTr 

AMENDMENT  TO  BY-LAWS. 

A  proposed  amendment  to  a  section  of  the  By-Laws  of  a  Lodge  that  all 
members  absent  at  roll  call  at  funerals  shall  be  fined  one  dollar,  pro- 
posed in  the  very  words  of  the  section  except  that  the  proposed 
amendment  reads  five  dollars,  is  in  proper  form  and  order. — 188,  255, 
282,  and  see  Ekeata. 

See  Bj^-Laws. 

AMENDMENT  OF  CHAKGES  OE  PLEADINGS.     See  Charges,  Nos.  9,  10. 
ANNUAL  COMMUNICATIONS. 

Article  II,  Section  1,  of  Constitution  of  Grand  Lodge  so  amended  as  to 
make  the  annual  communications  commence  on  the  second  Tuesday 
in  May.     76,  106. 

ANNUAL  TKAVELING  PASS-WORD.     See  Degrees,  No.  2. 

ANNIVERSARY.     See  Sabbath. 

ANNULLING.     See  Withdrawal  Card,  Draft,  Charges,  No.  8,  Cards. 
APPEALS. 

1.  Where  there  is  sufficient  evidence  to  support  a  judgment,  the  Grand 

Lodge  will  not  interfere  with  the  findings  of  fact  by  the  Subordinate. 
100,  123,  Lodge  No.  15  vs.  Collins. 

2.  A  brother  was  delinquent  in  July,  1868;  paid  his  dues  in  that  month; 

m  March,  1870,  he  died.  After  his  death  the  Lodge  appointed  two 
committees  to  investigate  the  standing  and  account  of  the  deceased, 
and  report  upon  the  facts  regarding  his  health  with  reference  to  award- 
i^io^^°^  ^^^^  funeral  benefits.  One  committee  reported  that  in  July, 
1868  the  brother  was  sick  and  in  arrears  for  dues,  and  not  entitled  to 
benefits,  and  remained  sick  till  his  death;  and  the  other  committee 
reported  that  they  found  his  account  was  delinquent  at  his  death,  and 
that  no  funeral  benefits  could  be  granted  according  to  the  By-Laws 
Both  reports  were  adopted.  The  executor  appealed,  and  the  records 
contained  several  written  statements  of  friends  to  the  effect  that  the 
brother  was  well  for  seven  months  after  the  time  of  paying  his  dues 
m  July,  1868.  Both  parties  took  their  testimony  ex  parte.  The  appeal 
is  premature. 

Appellant  should  have  asked  the  Subordinate  Lodge  to  hear  the  evi- 
denc^  as  to  the  health  of  the  brother,  and  to  have  an  examination 
ot  the  whole  matter  under  the  usual  forms  of  investigation;  and 
It  the  decision  of  the  Lodge  had  then  been  adverse,  an  appeal  from 
that  decision  could  have  been  made  to  this  Grand  Lodge.  Then 
the  record  would  have  contained  the  facts  on  both  sides,  properly 
taken  and  authenticated.  '  r    xr     j 

I  '  Upon  the  present  record  the  Grand  Lodge  cannot  decide  as  to  the  merits 
or  truth  of  either  ex  parte  statements.  But  as  the  record  of  the  action 
ot  the  Lodge  IS  m  form,  and  shows  that  the  Lodge  sustains  the  action 
ot  the  committees  regularly  appointed  to  make  inquiry  in  the  prem- 
ises^ the  Grand  Lodge  must  presume  the  report  of  said  committees 
to  be  correct,  and  cannot  go  behind  the  action  of  the  Lodge  in  the 
premises.     230,  231,  252,  Landers  vs.  Lodge  No.  3. 


DIGEST.  355 


APPEAL  S — CONTINUED. 


3.  Where  appellant  claimed  that  he  was  disabled  by  a  pistol  shot  wound 

from  attending  to  his  business  for  fifty  weeks,  and  no  evidence  on  the 
part  of  the  appellant,  except  a  certificate  from  his  physician,  which 
recites  that  the  api)ellant  was  shot  on  the  nineteenth  day  of  August, 
1868,  and  from  that  time  to  the  present  he  has  been  unable  to  do  labor 
incident  to  his  occupation,  and  the  Lodge  jDresents  the  testimony  of 
several  witnesses  to  the  effect  that  the  appellant  was  able  and  did 
attend  to  his  business  before  the  month  of  March,  1869;  the  commit- 
tee of  said  Lodge  reported  that  the  appellant  was  entitled  to  benefits 
twenty-eight  weeks ;  that  he  had  received  $102,  and  was  entitled  to 
$38  additional  from  the  Lodge;  and  the  record  does  not  show  that  the 
Lodge  adopted  the  report  of  the  committee  or  took  any  action  there- 
on, nor  from  what  action  the  plaintiff  appeals.  The  case  was  returned 
to  the  Lodge,  with  instructions  to  forward  to  the  Appeal  Committee  a 
full  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Lodge,  including  the  final  action 
of  the  Lodge  on. the  report  of  the  committee.  226,  250;  Weston  vh. 
Lodge  No.  49. 

4.  A  communication  wherein  a  brother  complains  that  he  is  in  good  stand- 

ing in  his  Lodge,  that  he  has  been  a  longtime  sick,  and  that  his  Lodge 
refuses  to  pay  his  benefits,  was  returned  to  the  brother,  as  it  is  a  mere 
statement  mthout  record  and  without  the  substance  or  form  of  ap- 
peal.— 228,  251,  Kuchenmeister  vs.  Lodge  JSfo.  9. 

5.  No  appeal  taken  in  matters  of  charges,  the  transcript  or  papers  should 

not  be  transmitted  to  the  Grand  Lodge. — 227,  251,  Lodge  No.  74  vs. 
Limpemel. 

6.  An  appeal  by  a  member  under  suspension  does  not  restore  him  to  the 

privileges  of  his  Lodge. — 256,  282,  Lodge  No.  109  vs.  Turner. 

7.  A  brother  under  suspension  has  no  right  to  sit  in  the  Lodge  during  the 

pendency  of  his  appeal. — lb. 

8.  Such  a  brother  desirous  of  testing  whether  he  had  such  a  right,  should 

apply  at  the  door  for  admission,  and  a  refusal  on  the  part  of  the  Lodge 
would  present  an  opportunity  for  an  appeal. — lb. 

9.  Policy  of  our  Laws  is  not  to  disturb  the  judgment  of  a  Lodge  based  on 

the  verdict  of  a  Committee  rendered  on  matters  of  fact,  unless  the 
evidence  is  palpably  insufficient  to  justify  the  verdict  of  the  commit- 
tee.— 258,  292,  Lodge  No.  1  vs.  Livingston. 

10.  Slight  irregularities.     It  is  not  expected  that  a  trial  before  a  committee 

of  Odd  Fellows  can  be  conducted  with  all  the  nice  discriminations  and 
exactness  which  attend  trials  before  regular  judicial  tribunals.  It 
is  sufficient  if  the  testimony  is  so  presented  as  to  give  the  committee 
a  full  knowledge  of  all  the  facts  and  circumstances,  and  lead  them  to 
just  and  correct  conclusions. — Lb. 

11.  Where  the  errors  committed  were  not  such  as  to  render  the  trial  in  any 

degree  unfair,  and  where  the  case  would  not  have  been  more  favorable 
to  the  defendant  had  none  of  these  errors  existed,  the  judgment  was 
affirmed.— 16.,  259,292. 

12.  Where  on  charges  of  feigning  sickness  and  attempting  thereby  to  ob- 

tain sick  benefits,  the  trial  committee  committed  an  error  in  refusing 


356  DIGEST. 

APPEALS— CONTINUED. 

the  defendant  time  to  obtain  an  absent  witness,  a  doctor  ;  and  the 
trial  proceeded  without  objection,  and  both  parties  introduced  testi- 
mony a,s  to  what  the  witness  had  said  in  reference  to  the  case,  and  the 
defendant  was  especiallj^  allowed  to  give  evidence  of  the  witness'  state- 
ment in  full  as  to  the  exact  condition  of  defendant's  health,  and  the 
defendant  testified,  or  had  an  opportunity  to  testify,  to  all  the  facts 
known  to  the  witness,  the  error  veas  considered  not  detrimental  to  de- 
fendant,    lb.,  258,  292. 

13.  Errors  of  law  may  occur  during  the  progress  of  a  trial  and  not  be  of 

sufficient  importance  to  justify  a  reversal  of  the  judgment.  262,  292, 
Battenberry  Y8.  Lodge  No.  87. 

14.  Where  a  brother  claiming  benefits  sent  his  statement  of  the  facts  of  the 

case,  together  with  a  statement  from  a  Lodge  of  another  jurisdiction, 
containing  orders  and  reports  of  committees  in  relation  to  the  matter, 
and  there  was  no  notice  of  ajjpeal  nor  return  thereto  nor  transcript, 
the  papers  were  returned  to  the  brother,  to  the  end  that  an  api)eal 
might  be  taken  in  form  as  required  by  law.  273,  295,  Hudnott  vs. 
Lodge  No.  52. 

15.  In  such  a  case  the  brother  utterly  fails  to  bring  his  case  before  the 

Grand  Lodge,  so  that  the  Grand  Lodge  can  act  thereon.  If  he  is 
wronged  by  the  action  of  his  Lodge,  the  law  points  out  the  mode  and 
manner  by  which  he  may  be  relieved  by  the  Grand  Lodge.     lb. 

.See  Notice    of   Appeal,  Trial    Committee,  Offenses,  Charges,  D.  D.   Grand 
Master. 

APPEAL  ON  QUESTIONS  OF  ORDEE.     See  Question. 

APPOINTED  OFFICE.     See  Past  Grand. 

ASSESSMENTS.     See  Funeral  Assessments. 

ASSISTANCE.    See  Dispensation,  No.  1. 

ASYLUM.    See  Benefits,  No.  7. 

ATTORNEY.  See  Charges,  No.  2. 

BALLOTS    AND    BALLOTING.    See    Evidence,  No.    2,    Offences,    No.   2, 
Despensation,  No,  1. 

BANKRUPTCY,   See  Offenses,  Nos.  14, 15. 

BENEFITS. 

1.  Where  the  By  Laws  provide  that  a  brother  shall  be  a  member  six 
months  before  being  entitled  to  benefits,  and  the  brother  falls  sick 
before  the  expiration  of  the  first  six  months  of  his  membership,  and 
such  sickness  continues  beyond  such  six  months,  the  brother  becomes 
entitled  to  benefits  immediately  upon  the  expiration  thereof.    83,107. 

2  A  Lodge  is  not  necessarily  liable  to  pay  benefits  to,  or  expenses  incurred 
m  behalf  of  a  sick  brother  merely  because  he  continues  to  hold  mem- 
bership in  the  Lodge.     121,  302. 


DIGEST.  357 


BENEFITS— CONTINUED. 


3.  Where  the  By-Laws,  provided  that  "  no  member  who  may  have  ne- 

glected his  dues  for  the  space  of  thirteen  weeks,  shall  be  entitled  to 
receive  benefits  by  reason  of  any  payment  he  may  make  dm'ing  his 
sickness  or  boidily  infirmity;"  and  another  article,  provided  that  the 
quarterly  dues  must  be  paid  on  or  before  the  last  regular  meeting  of 
each  quarter,  and  another  section,  that  any  member  less  than  six 
months  in  arrears  is  entitled  to  pecuniary  benefits — a  brother  thirteen 
weeks  in  arrears  for  dues  is  entitled  to  benefits  under  such  By-Laws. 
The  neglect  commences  at  the  expiration  of  thirteen  weeks,  so  thata 
brother  m^^st  owe  twenty-six  weeks'  dues  before  he  can  be  said  to  have 
neglected  the  paj'^ment  of  his  quarterly  dues  for  thirteen  weeks.  13, 
14,  125,  126. 

4.  A  sick  brother  not  entitled  to  benefits  on  account  of  the  non-payment 

of  dues  cannot  by  paying  his  dues  entitle  himself  to  benefits  for  or 
during  such  sickness.     230,  252;  Landers  vs.  Lodge  No.  3. 

5.  By-Law  of  a  Lodge  providing  that  no  sick  or  funeral  benefits  shall  be 

paid  when  a  brother  renounces  the  order,  or  his  friends  refuse  to  have 
the  deceased  buried  under  the  auspices  of  the  Order,  disapproved. 
244,  245. 

6.  A  Subordinate  Lodge  has  no  right  to  make  any  such  provision  in  its 

By-Laws  until  authorized  so  to  do  by  this  Grand  Lodge,  or  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  United  States.     272,  294. 

7.  A  member  in  good  standing  becoming  insane  is  entitled  to  sick  benefits 

while  in  an  asylum.     188,  255,  282,  and  see  errata. 

See  Funeral  benefits,  Belief  Committee,  Appeals,  Defense. 

BILL  OF  EXCEPTIONS. 

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To Lodge^  No ,1.  0.  0.  F.: 

The  undersigned  hereby  presents  the  following  bill  of  exceptions  to 
the  report  of  the  Committee,  heretofore  made  herein,  relative  to  the 
charges  preferred  against  him  by  Bro ;  also,  to  the  pro- 
ceedings of  and  the  testimony  taken  before  said  Committee;  also,  to 
the  action  and  proceedings  of  said  Lodge,  relative  to  said  charges. 

First — Said  charges  and  specifications  are  insufiScient  to  show  the 
commission  of  the  offense  charged  by  the  accused  herein,  in  this: 

Second — The  evidence  is  insufiicient  to  sustain  said  charges;  or  the  re- 
port of  the  Committee  herein,  in  this :  

Tliird — The  following  errors  were  committed  by  the  Committee  in  the 

course  of  the  trial :   

234,  251.  See  Charges. 

BLACK  BALL.    See  Rejection,  Ofifenses,  No.  5. 

BLANK  FOEMS. 

1.  Committee  on  Appeals  to  prepare  a  set  of  blank  forms  for  Charges, 
Summonses,  Subpoenas,  and  Reports  of  Trial  Committees,  and  upon 
the  approval  of  the  Grand  Master,  the  Grand  Secretary  to  cause  a 
quantity  of  the  same  to  be  printed,  and  keep  a  supply  on  hand,  and 


858  DIGEST. 

BLANK  FORMS— CONTINUED. 

furnish  the  same  to  Lodges  when  called  for,  free  of  charge,  109,  128, 
231,  251.  See  Charges,  Summons,  Siibpoena,  Trial  Committee,  Notice 
of  filing  Eeport  of  Trial  Committee,  Bill  of  Exceptions,  Notice  of 
AppeaL 

BOAED  OF  HEALTH.     See  State  Board  of  Health. 

BUEIAL. 

The  burial  of  a  suicide  with  the  honors  of  the  Order,  is  a  matter  optional 
with  the  Lodge,  11,  124,  126.  See  Funeral  Benefits,  Eelief  Commit- 
tee, Benefits,  No.  5,  6. 

BY-LAWS. 

1.  BY-Laws  of  a  Lodge  are  binding  on  all  parties.     121,  302. 

2.  Amendments  to  By-Laws  of  Subordinates,  must  be  sent  in  duplicate  to 

Committee  on  Laws  of  Subordinates,  one  copy  to  be  retained  by  the 
Committee,  the  other  to  be  returned  to  the  Lodge  sending  the  same. 
312. 

BUSINESS.     See  Lodge. 

BUSINESS  OF  THE  GEAND  LODGE. 

The  Constitution  of  the  Grand  Lodge  prescribes,  that  the  businsss  of  th® 
Grand  Lodge  shall  be  transacted  by  the  elective  officers  and  the  repre" 
sentatives  ;  and  the  work  of  a  regular  Committee  is  part  of  the  busi- 
ness thereof.     114,  117. 

CANCELLATION.     See  Draft,  Cards,  Withdrawal  Cards,  Charges,  No.  8. 

CANDIDATES.     See  Initiation,  Dispensation. 

CAEDS. 

A  brother  applies  for  a  Withdrawal  Card  from  his  Lodge,  receives  the  same, 
leaves  the  place  where  he  resided,  but  remains  within  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Grand  Lodge.  Afterwards,  within  one  year,  he  returns  his 
Withdrawal  Card  and  asks  for  a  Visiting  Card,  stating  that  at  the  time 
he  made  application  for  a  Card  his  intention  was  to  ask  for  a  Visiting 
and  not  for  a  Withdrawal  Card.  The  Lodge  can  annul  the  Withdrawal 
Card  and  grant  a  Visiting  Card,  113,  117.  See  Withdrawal  Cards, 
Charges  No.  8,  Degrees  No.  2. 

CEASED  MEMBEESHIP. 

Section  I,  Article  VII.  Constitution  of  Subordinates  amended  so  that  no 
brother  shall  cease  to  be  a  member  under  the  section  whilst  charges  are 
pending  against  him.     110,  116,  104,  105.     See  Eeinstatement. 

CELEBEATION.     See  Sabbath. 

CEETIFICATE.     See  Eepresentation,  and  Eepresentatives. 

CEETIFICATE  OF  SEEVICE.    See  Summons,  Charges,  No.  5.    Subpoena, 
Notice  of  filing  Eeport  of  Trial  Committee. 


DIGEST.  359 

CHAIK  OF  NOBLE  GRAND.    See  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  No.  1, 
Question,  Noble  Grand  No.  2. 

CHAIR  OF  VICE-GRAND.     See  Question. 

CHAPLAIN.     See  Prayer. 

CHARACTER.    See  Defense  No.  1,  Offenses. 

CHARGE.     See  Initiation  No.  1,  Vice  Grand  No.  3,  Rebekala  Degree  No.  1. 

CHARGES. 

1.  By  the  provisions  of  the  Constitution  of  Subordinates,  the  Lodge  is  re- 

quired to  pronounce  judgment  whether  exceptions  are  filled  or  not 
(see  Sec.  4,  Art.  7,)  and  the  Lodge  in  pronouncing  judgment  can 
adopt  the  report  of  the  Trial  Committee,  or  modify  it  or  refer  it  back  to 
the  same  or  another  committee,  or  grant  a  new  trial.  In  fact,  until 
the  Lodge  has  taken  action  on  the  report  there  is  no  judgment. — 112, 
113,  117. 

2.  Where  the  record  shows  that  at  the  meeting  of  the  Trial  Committee,  the 

defendant  being  absent,  a  brother  appeared  on  his  behalf  and  protested 
against  any  proceedings  in  the  case,  on  the  ground  that  "  he  had  re- 
ceived no  answer  from  the  defendant,  and  he  wanted  to  have  a  chance 
to  write  to  him."  And  the  record  does  not  disclose  that  the  defendant 
had  been  served  with  a  copy  of  the  charges  when  his  trial  com- 
menced, or  that  he  ever  received  the  same  ;  the  trial  is  illegal. — 229, 
251,  Perl  vs.  Lodge  No.  13. 

3.  Where  a  brother  pleads  guilty  and  the  Trial  Committee  examine  wit- 

nesses on  both  sides,  including  a  witness  not  a  member  of  the  order, 
and  find  the  brother  guilty,  the  fact,  that  the  witness  not  an  Odd 
Fellow  is  not  sworn,  is  of  no  importance. — 228,  280,  Charges  against 
Bagnell. 

4.  F«rm  of  Charges  and  Specifications. 

To Lodge,  No ,  I.  0.  0.  F. : 

The  undersigned,  a  member  of Lodge,  No I.O.O.F, , 

under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, I.  O.  O.  F.,  hereby  charges ,  a  member 

of Lodge,  No ,  with  having  been  guilty  of 

as  more  fully  appears  by  the  following 


SPECmCATIONS. 


First. 


So  far  as  the  charges  are  concerned,  members,  by  consulting  Article 
VII  of  the  Constitution  of  Subordinates,  will  find  a  general  designation 
of  offenses  against  the  Order,  any  one  or  more  of  which  may  be  in- 
serted in  the  blank,  or  the  general  charge  of  "  conduct  unbecoming 
an  Odd  Fellow,"  as  the  case  maybe. 

Under  the  head  of  "  Specifications  "  there  should  be  a  full  statement 
of  the  offense,  time,  place  and  circumstances  of  each  alleged  offense — 
if  more  than  one — separately. — 232,  235,  251. 


360  DIGEST. 

CHARGES — CONTINUED . 

5.     Certificate  of  Service  of  Charges. 


Lodge,  No ,  I.  0.0.  F.,| 

18 \ 

I  HEBEBY  CEETiFY,  That  on  the day  of ,  A.  D .  18 . . . . , 

at  the State  of  California,  I  served  the  within  summons, 

also  the  charges  and  specifications  referred  to  therein,  by  delivering  to 
and  leaving  with  said the  accused,  a  copy  of  said  sum- 
mons, attached  to  a  copy  of  the  charges  and  specifications  against  him, 
certified  under  the  seal  of  the  Lodge. 


Member  of  said  Lodge.— 232,  250. 
6.    Admission  of  Service  of  Charges. 


18.... 

I  hereby  admit  due  service  of  the  within  summons,  also  of  a  duly  cer- 
tified copy,  under  the  seal  of  the  Lodge,  of  the  charges  and  specifica- 
tions referred  to  herein,  this day  of ,  18 

233,  251. 

7.  A  member  holding  a  \sithdrawal  card  in  date  can  jDrefer  charges  against 

a  member  of  his  own  Lodge.     187,  255,  282,  and  see  Errata. 

8.  After  the  expiration  of  one  year  from  the  date  of  a  ^dthdrawal  card, 

the  Lodge  has  no  power  to  annul  the  card  so  as  to  bring  the  brother 
back  into  the  Lodge  and  try  him  on  charges  for  offenses  committed 
after  the  card  is  out  of  date. — 187,  255,  282  and  see  Errata. 

9.  The  charges  or  pleadings  in  a  case  may  be  amended  when  it  can  be 

effected  without  detriment  to  the  accused  ;  and  the  same  should  always 
be  done  upon  good  cause  being  shown. — 262,  292,  Rattenhery  vs.  Lodge 

No.  87. 

10.  Applied  to  a  case  where,  after  trial  commenced,  it  was  found  that  one  of 
the  alleged  improper  acts  charged  against  the  defendant  occurred  in 
a  different  locality  than  the  one  charged,  and  in  order  that  evidence 
might  be  introduced  as  to  said  charge,  the  Lodge,  upon  application  of 
the  managers  who  conducted  the  cause  against  the  defendant,  allowed 
an  amendment  of  the  charge  in  this  respect.  262,  292;  Battenberry 
vs.  Lodge  No.  87. 

See  Trial  Committee,  Offenses,  Appeals,  Ceased  Membership,  Blank  Forms, 
Penalty,  Defense,  Eemoval  from  Office. 

CHRISTIAN  SABBATH.    See  Sabbath. 

COLLEGE.    See  Odd  Fellows'  Home  and  College. 

COMMITTEE.     See  Trial  Committee,  Past  Grand,  Business  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  Relief  Committee. 

COMMITTEE  ON  LAWS  OF  SUBORDINATES.    See  By-Laws,  No.  2. 


DIGEST.  361 


COMMITTEE  ON  PRINTING. 


A  Standing  Committee  of  three,  of  which  the  Grand  Secretary  is  chairman, 
created  by  an  amendment  to  the  Constitution  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
Article  XIV.     See  Constitution  of  Grand  Lodge,  No.  4. 

COMMITTEE    TO    EXAMINE    AND    INSTRUCT    DISTRICT    DEPUTY 
GRAND  MASTERS.  See  District  Deputy  Grand  Masters,  Nos.  5,  6,  7. 

COMMUNICATIONS.    See  Annual  Communications. 

COMPENSATION.     See  Watchers  and  Watching  with  Sick,  No.  2. 

CONDEMNATION.    See  Defense,  No.  1. 

CONFERRING  OF  DEGREES.     See  Lodge  No.  1,  2. 

CONSTITUTION  OF  GRAND  LODGE. 

1.  Sec.  1  of  Art.  2,  amended  by  striking  out  the  word  "  first,"  before  Tues- 

day, in  line  two,  and  inserting  the  word   "second."     76,  106.     See 
Annual  Communications. 

2.  Sec.  1,  Art.  4,  amended  by  striking  ont  "  on  application  of  a  Lodge  to 

confer  Degrees  on  a  member  without  delay;"  and  inserting  in  lieu 
thereof  :    He  may  grant  despensations : 

1st.    To  confer  degrees  on  a  member  without  delay. 

2d.    To  allow  members  of  the  Order  to  appear  in  public  in  regalia. 

3d.     To  allow  Lodges  to  apply  to  other  Lodges  for  assistance. 

4th.    To  allow  Lodges  to  admit  to  membership  persons  who  reside 
near  some  other  Lodge. 

5th.    To  authorize  the  installation  of  ofl&cers  in  public. 

6th.     To  give  entertainments  for  the  benefit  of  the  Order. 

7th.     To  authorize  the  balloting  for  and  initiation  of  a  candidate  at 
the  time  his  proposition  is  presented  to  a  Lodge. 

8th.     To  allow  Subordinate  Lodges  to  change  their  place  of  meeting. 

9  th.     To  allow  a  brother  to  be  reinstated  after  expulsion. 

10th.     To  institute  Lodges,  and  authorize  them  to  work  as  such  until 
the  next  session  of  this  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge. 

11th.     To  empower  Subordinate  Lodges  to  elect  Scarlet  Degree  Members 
to  any  office  in  such  Lodge ;  Provided,  all  quaUfied  brothers  refuse 
to  serve.   270,  271,  294,  91,  115. 
See  Dispensations. 

3.  Sec.  2,  Art.  2.     See  Business  of  Grand  Lodge,  Past  Grand. 

4.  Amended  by  adding  the  following  : 

AETICLE   XIV. 

Six  weeks  previous  to  the  holding  of  any  session  of  this  Grand  Lodge, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Secretary,  through  at  least  one 
paper  of  the  city  in  which  such  session  is  to  be  held,  to  invite 
proposals  for  the  printing  of  the  Jomnal  of  this  Body;  the  printer  to 


362  DIGEST. 

CONSTITUTION  OF  GKAND  LODGE— continued. 

furnish  the  necessary  paper,  and  to  stitch  and  cover  the  Journal,  ready 
for  distribution;  the  printing  to  be  done  according  to  the  style  of  the 
revised  Journal,  and  the  matter  be  stereotyped  and  the  plates  to  be 
delivered  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  in  good  order,  as  the  property  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  California,  as  soon  as  a  suificient  number 
of  copies  are  struck  off  to  meet  the  purpose  of  the  law  requiring  the 
distribution  of  the  proceedings,  which  number  the  Grand  Secretary 
must  state,  as  near  as  practicable,  in  the  advertisement;  and  such  pro- 
posals for  the  said  work  as  may  be  received  shall  be  filed  away  by  the 
Grand  Secretary,  with  their  seals  unbroken,  until  twelve  o'clock  noon 
of  the  first  Monday  of  the  week  previous  to  the  session  of  this  Grand 
Body,  after  which  time  no  more  proposals  shall  be  received,  and  such 
as  shall  have  been  received  shall  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Printing,  to  be  by  them  opened,  examined,  and  decided 
upon.  A  standing  committee  of  three  shall  be  aj^pointed  at  the  com- 
mencement of  every  session,  in  the  same  manner  as  other  standing 
committees,  of  which  the  Grand  Secretary  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall 
be  one,  and  shall  be  the  Chairman  thereof,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to 
agree  and  decide  upon  such  proj)osals  as  may  have  been  made  to  do 
any  of  the  printing  of  this  Grand  Body,  and  report  their  decision  and 
the  terms  of  their  contract  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  for  its  approval  and 
confirmation.     280,  281,  301,  and  see  errata. 

CONSTITUTION  OF  SUBORDINATES. 

1.  Article  3,  Section  1.     See  Eejection. 

2.  Article  5,  Section  2.     So  much  of  Section  2,  Article  5,  as  provides  that 

the  Grand  Master,  or  D.  D.  Grand  Master,  maj'  by  dispensation 
authorize  a  Degree  Lodge,  or  officer  authorized  to  confer  degrees,  lo- 
cated in  another  District  to  confer  the  same,  repealed.     91,  115. 

3.  Article  6,  Section  3.     See  Past  Grand,  Vice  Grand. 

4.  Article  6,  Section  8.     See  Eemoval  from  Office. 

5.  Article  6,  Section  11,  amendedby  inserting  the  words  "or  dispensation" 

after  the  word  "charter,"  where  it  occurs  therein.  77,  106,  see  Re- 
presentation and  Representatives. 

6.  Article  6,  Section  11,  amended  by  striking  out  the  word  "first"  in  line 

two,  and  inserting  "second."  Ill,  see  Representation  and  Represen- 
tatives. 

7.  Article  7,  Section  1,  amended  by  adding  thereto  the  following  words  : 

"and  provided  further,  that  no  person  shall  cease  to  be  a  member,  under 
this  section,  whilst  charges  are  pending  against  him."     110,  116. 

8.  Article  7,  Section  4.     See  Charges. 

9.  Article  7,  Section  7.    See  Penalty,  188,  255,  282,  and  see  errata. 

10.  Article  7,  Section  10.     See  Reinstatement. 

11.  Article  7,  Section  10,  amended  by  inserting  after  the  word  "paid,"  the 

following  words:  "together  with  such  additional  amount  on  account  of 
>  the  increased  age  of  the  applicant,  as  the  By-Laws  of  the  Lodge  may 

require."    74,  106. 


DIGEST.  3g3 

CONTEMPT.     See  Offenses,  No.  9,  Appeals,  Nos.  6,  7,  8. 

CONTExAiPTUOUS  LANGUAGE.     See  Offenses,  No.  16. 

CONTINUANCE.     See  Appeals,  No.  12,  Charges,  No.  2. 

COPY  OF  CHARGES.     See  Charges,  Nos.  2,  5,  6. 

CREDENTIALS.     See  Representation  and  Representatives,  No.  5. 

COUNSEL.     See  Charges,  No.  2. 

DAY.     See  Sabbath. 

DEATHS.     See  State  Board  of  Health. 

DEBATE.     See  Noble  Grand,  Nos.  2,  3. 

DEBT.     See  offenses,  Nos.  14,  15. 

DECEPTION.     See  Offenses,  Nos.  10,  12. 

DECISION.     See  D.  D.  Grand  Master,  Nos.  2,  3;  Question,  No.  2. 

DEFENSE. 

1.  It  is  a  principle  of  general  jurisprudence  and  natural  justice,  recognized 

m  the  practice  of  all  judicial  tribunals  and  legislative  assemblies,  that 
no  man  should  be  deprived  of  his  rights  without  an  opportunity  to  be 
heard  to  explain,  assert  or  defend  them.  To  condemn  a  brother  to 
sacrifice  his  reputation  or  his  honors,  rights,  or  privileges,  that 'he 
possesses  or  acquires  in  our  Order  by  service  in  office,  without  his 
J^nowledge  by  notice  or  otherwise,  is  to  deprive  a  brother  of  such  an 
opportunity  to  be  heard,  and  should  not  be  permitted.     269,  294. 

2.  Applied  to  the  removal  of  a  N.  G.  from  office  without  knowledge  by 

notice  or  otherwise.     269,  294.     See  Removal  from  Office. 

3.  It  would  be  unjust  to  a  Lodge,  for  this  Grand  Lodge  to  undertake  to  ad- 

judicate upon  their  liability  for  a  large  amount  of  benefits,  without 
their  first  having  an  opportunity  to  be  heard.  273,  295.  Hudnott  vs. 
Lodge  No.  52. 

DEGREE  LODGE. 

A  Scarlet  Degree  member  is  not  eligible  to  fill  the  office  of  N.  G.  of  a 
Degree  Lodge.     The  same  qualifications  are  necessary  as  for  the  N 
G.  of  a  subordinate  Lodge.     83,  107. 

See  Rabekah  Degree  Lodge,  Dispensation,  No.  2. 

DEGREES. 

1.  Only  one  Lodge  can  be  in  session  at  the  same  time  and  place,  and  'con- 
ter  the  degrees,  although  another  Lodge  may  be  present  at  the  con- 
ferring of  the  degree.     125,  126,  12. 


364  DIGEST. 

DEGREES— CONTINUED. 

2.  A  Lodge  here  may  confer  the  degrees  on  a  member  of  a  Lodge  in  an- 

other jurisdiction  who  has  a  traveling  card  with  the  A.  T.  W.  P.  and  a 
certificate  of  his  Lodge  that  the  degrees  have  been  voted  him  and  paid 
for,  with  a  request  that  they  be  conferred.  187,  255,  282,  and  see  errata. 

3,  A  Lodge  may  confer  degrees  upon  a  member  of  another  Lodge  when 

the  proper  certificate  is  jjresented,  and  the  fee  therefore  belongs  to  the 
Lodge  of  which  the  brother  is  a  member.   188,  252,  282,  and  see  errata. 

See  Eebekah  Degree,  Dispensation,  Nos.  1,  2,  Lodge  Nos.  1,  2. 
DEPUTY  GKAND  MASTER.     See  Election  of  officers  of  Grand  Lodge. 

DISPENSATION. 

1.  Section  1,  Article  4,  of  Constitution  of  Grand  Lodge  amended  by  strik- 

ing out  "on  application  of  a  Lodge  to  confer  Degrees  on  a  member 
without  delay,"  and  amended  so  as  to  authorize  the  Grand  Master  to 
grant  dispensations: 

1st.  To  confer  degrees  on  a  member  without  delay. 

2d.  To  allow  members  of  the  Order  to  appear  in  public  in  regalia. 

3d.  To  allow  Lodges  to  apply  to  other  Lodges  for  assistance. 

4th.  To  allow  Lodges  to  admit  to  membership  persons  who  reside 

near  some  other  Lodge. 

5th.  To  authorize  the  installation  of  officers  in  public. 

6th.  To  give  entertainments  for  the  benefit  of  the  Order. 

7th.     To  authorize  the  balloting  for  and  initiation  of  a  candidate  at  the 
time  his  proposition  is  presented  to  a  Lodge. 

8th.     To  allow  Subordinate  Lodges  to  change  their  place  of  meeting. 

9th.     To  allow  a  brother  to  be  reinstated  after  expulsion. 

10th.  To  institute  Lodges,  and  authorize  them  to  work  as  such  until 
the  next  session  of  this  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge. 

11th,  To  empower  Subordinate  Lodges  to  elect  Scarlet  Degree  Mem- 
bers to  any  office  in  such  Lodge,  provided  all  qualified  brothers  re- 
fuse to  serve.    91,   115,  271,  294. 

2.  So  much  of  Section  2,  Article  V,  of  the  Constitution  of  Subordinates, 

as  provides  that  the  Grand  Master,  or  District  Deputy  Grand  Master 
may,  by  dispensation,  authorize  a  Degree  Lodge,  or  officer  author- 
ized to  confer  degrees,  located  in  another  District  to  confer  the 
same  ;  repealed.     91,  115, 

3.  A  Lodge  has  a  right,  without  dispensation,  to  hold  a  picnic  on  any  day 

without  regalia.     296. 

4.  The  Grand  Master  has  a  right  to  withdraw  a  dispensation  when  gi-anted. 

296. 

See  Sabbath,  Past  Grand  No.  1. 

DISPENSATION,  LODGE  UNDER.    See  Representation,   and  Representa- 
tives. 

DISREPUTABLE.     See  Liquor  Saloon. 


DIGEST.  365 


DISTEICT. 


1.     The  several  Districts  of  this  jurisdiction  are  comprised  and  numbered 
as  follows  : 

District  No,  1,  Lodges  Nos.  1,  3,  15,  17,  29,  131  ;  Degree  Lodge,  No.  2. 

Distiict  No.  2,  Lodges  Nos.  13,  116,  122,  145  ;  Degree  Lodge,  No.  4, 
and  such  new  Lodges  and  Degree  Lodges  as  may  be  established 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  to  work  in  German. 

District  No.  3,  Lodges  Nos.  2,  4,  8,  62,  87,  157  ;  Degree  Lodge,  No.  3, 
and  such  new  Lodges  and  Degree  Lodges  as  may  be  established  in 
Sacramento  and  Yolo  counties,  to  work  in  English. 

District  No.  4,  Lodges  Nos.  7,  107. 

District  No.  5,  Lodges  Nos.  5,  45. 

District  No.  6,  Lodges  Nos.  154,  159,  166. 

District  No.  7,  Lodges  Nos.  6, 11,  98, 102,  134,  and  Degree  Lodge  No.  1, 

District  No.  8,  Lodges  Nos.  10,  21,  58,  82,  97. 

District  No.  9,  Lodges  Nos:  12,  16,  26,  67,  165. 

District  No.  10,  Lodges  Nos.  130,  150. 

District  No.  11,  Lodges  Nos.  48,  126, 

District  No.  12,  Lodges  Nos.  9,  20,  27,  37,  56,  63,  89. 

District  No.  13,  Lodges  Nos.  14,  38,  40,  55,  73,  120. 

District  No.  14,  Lodges  Nos.  18,  28,  167. 

District  No.  15,  Lodges  Nos.  22,  43,  78,  83. 

District  No.  16,  Lodges  Nos.  47,  59,  92,  113. 

District  No.  17,  Lodges  Nos.  49,  80,  91,  127. 

District  No.  18,  Lodges  Nos.  24,  32.  54, 

District  No.  19,  Lodges  Nos.  25,  31,  36,  51.  79. 

District  No.  20,  Lodges  Nos.  34,  52,  142, 

District  No.  21,  Lodges  Nos.  39,  99,  104,  110. 

District  No.  22,  Lodges  Nos.  57,  75,  141. 

District  No.  23,  Lodges  Nos.  33,  68,  86,  106. 

District  No.  24,  Lodges  Nos.  65,  121,  149,  170. 

District  No.  25,  Lodges  Nos.  30,  53,  64,  161. 

District  No.  26,  Lodges  Nos.  19,  70,  115. 

District  No.  27,  Lodge  No.  41. 

District  No.  28,  Lodge  No.  76. 

District  No.  29.  Lodges  Nos.  77,  85. 

District  No.  30,  Lodges  Nos.  35,  138,  160. 

District  No.  31,  Lodges  Nos.  61,  84. 

District  No.  32,  Lodge  No.  74. 

District  No.  33,  Lodges  Nos.  90,  96,  137,  147. 

District  No.  34,  Lodges  Nos.  44,  50,  66,  158. 

District  No.  35,  Lodge  No.  133. 

District  No.  36,  Lodges  Nos.  93,  114,  118,  129,  144,  164,  and  Degree 
Lodge  No.  5. 

District  No.  37,  Lodge  No.  94. 

District  No.  38,  Lodge  No.  101. 

District  No.  39,  Lodges  Nos.  46,  81,  132,  139. 

District  No.  40,  Lodge  No.  100. 

District  No.  41,  Lodges  Nos.  88,  136. 

District  No.  42,  Lodge  No.  105. 

District  No.  43,  Lodge  No.  140. 

District  No.  44,  Lodges  Nos.  109,  143. 

District  No.  45,  Lodges  Nos.  152,  163. 

District  No.  46,  Lodges  Nos.  1,  2,  Vancouyer  Island,  British  Columbia. 

District  No.  47,  Lodge  No.  1,  Hawaiian  Islands. 

District  No.  48,  Lodge  No.  119. 

District  No.  49,  Lodges  Nos,  117,  128,  151. 


366  DIGEST. 

MSTKICT— CONTINUED. 

District  No.  50,  Lodge  No.  135. 
District  No.  51,  Lodge  No.  146. 
District  No.  52,  Lodge  No.  148. 
District  No.  53,  Lodge  No.  153. 
District  No.  54,  Lodge  No.  156. 

District  No.  55,  Lodges  Nos.  71,  112,  123,  124,  155,  171. 
District  No.  56,  Lodge  No.  1,  Arizona. 
District  No.  57,  Lodge  No.  168. 
District  No.  58,  Lodge  No.  162. 

District  No.  59,  Lodges  Nos.  Ill,  169.— 101,  182,  183,  186,  244,  245, 
309.  310,  311. 

2.  The  report  of  Committee  on  Ke-numbering  Districts,  p.  101,  was 
adopted,  but  by  an  omission  of  the  printer  the  record  of  the  adoption 
does  not  appear  in  the  printed  journal. 

DISTKICT  DEPUTY  GEAND  MASTEE. 

1.  Has  no  right  to  take  the  chair  of  the  N.  G.,  except  at  the  installation  of 

officers.     11,  124,  126. 

2.  Should  not  give  a  decision  unless  appealed  to  in  writing.     11,  124,  128 . 

3.  It  is  not  necessary  for  him  to  retire,  and  announce  himself  officially 

upon  entering,  in  order  that  his  decision  should  be  valid.    11, 124,  126. 

4.  The  rule  requiring  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  elect  to  announce  the 

names  of  those  whom  he  intends  to  appoint  District  Deputies  as  soon 
as  may  be  after  his  election,  rescinded.     6. 

5.  At  each  Annual  Communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  on  the  first  day 

of  the  session,  the  duty  of  the  sitting  Grand  Master  to  appoint  a 
committee  of  five,  among  whom  shall  be  the  acting  Grand  Eej)resent- 
atives,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  examine  and  instruct  the  nominees 
for  District  DepVity  Grand  Masters,  in  the  secret  work  of  the  Order.    7. 

6.  On  the  first  day  of  each  Annual  Communication,  the  duty  of  the  Past 

Grands  present  from  each  District  to  nominate  a  candidate  for  District 
Deputy  Grand  Master  of  their  District,  and  to  hand  a  certificate  of 
such  nomination  to  the  said  committee,  the  duty  of  such  nominee* 
to  appear  before  such  committee,  whenever  required,  for  examination 
or  instruction.     7. 

7.  Upon  the  completion  of  their  labors,  and  at  any  time  after  the  election 

of  the  incoming  Grand  Master,  said  committee  may  report  to  the 
Grand  Lodge,  and  shall  hand  the  list  of  nominees  to  the  Grand  Master 
elect,  with  such  recommendations  as  they  may  deem  proper.  Such 
nominations  and  reports  shall  be  considered  by  the  Grand  Master 
elect,  but  he  is  not  bound  to  appoint  the  persons  so  nominated,  unless 
their  qualifications  meet  his  approval,  and  the  approval  of  said  exam- 
ining committee.     7. 

See  Abstract  Questions,  Dispensation  No.  2,  Installation  No.  2. 
DONATION.    See  Draft  No.  3.     Funeral  Assessment. 


DIGEST.  367 

DRAFT. 

1.  A  Lodge's  draft  on  its  Treasurer  in  payment  of  a  bill,  returned  to  the 

Lodge  bj'  the  payee,  with  the  statement  that  the  payee  did  not  intend 
further  to  ask  payment  thereof,  but  left  the  whole  matter  with  the 
Lodge,  may  be  cancelled  by  the  Lodge.    67,  78,  Titlcyw  vs.  Lodge  No.  85. 

2.  Fraud  and  mistake  are  not  the  only  grounds  for  such  action.     67,  78,  lb. 

3.  A  Lodge  may  vote  a  donation,  and  after  the  draft  is  drawn,  and  while 

it  is  in  possession  of  the  Lodge,  the  members  may  change  their  mind, 
and  the  Lodge  may  cancel  the  draft.     67,  78,  lb. 

DRUNKENNESS.     See  Offenses,  No.  4.    Fine. 

DUES.     See  Reinstatements.    Benefits,  Nos.  3,  4. 

ELECTION.    See  Past  Grand,  Nos.  1, 2  ;  Representation  and  Representatives, 
No.  4;  Offenses,  No.  2;  Installation,  No.  1. 

ELECTION  OF  CANDIDATE.     See  Initiation,  No.  2. 

ELECTION  OF  OFFICERS  OF  GRAND  LODGE. 

1.  The  Grand  Lodge  will  hereafter  ignore  the  practice  of  electing  as  a 

matter  of  course  the  Deputy  Grand  Master  to  the  office  of  Grand 
Master,  iand  the  Grand  Warden  to  the  ofl&ce  of  Deputy  Grand  Master, 
and  will  elect  officers  without  regard  to  their  previous  service  in  office. 
262. 

2.  A  committee  of  five,  appointed  to  take  into  consideration  the  propriety 

of  adopting  some  plan  by  which  any  Past  Grand,  in  good  and  regular 
standing  in  this  jurisdiction,  shall  be  secured  the  right  and  opportu- 
nity of  voting  for  all  the  Elective  Grand  Officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 
126. 

3.  The  report  of  the  committee  recommending  no  action  be  taken  in  the 

premises,  and  a  proposed  amendment  to  the  Constitution  in  regard 
thereto,  laid  over  till  next  session  of  Grand  Lodge.    235,  245. 

ELECTION  TO  DEGREES.    See  Lodge  No.  2. 

ELECTIVE  OFFICERS.  See  Election  of  Grand  Officers. 

EMBEZZLEMENT.  See  Offenses  No.  1. 

ENTERTAINMENT.  See  Dispensation  No.  1,  Sabbath. 

ERRORS  OF  LAW.  See  Appeals,  Nos.  10,  11,  12,  13. 

EVIDENCE. 

1.  A  letter  from  a  Catholic  Priest,  stating  the  law  of  the  Catholic 
Church  in  regard  to  Secret  Societies,  and  renunciation  thereof,  and 
then  stating  ' '  By  applying  this  law  to  the  question,  you  will  readily 
find  a  solution"  is  not  admissible  to  prove  that  a  Brother,  who  re- 
ceived the  Sacrament  of  the  Catholic  Church,  and  was  buried  in  ac- 

13 


368  DIGEST. 

EVIDENCE— CONTINUED. 

cordauce  with  its  doctrines,  renounced  the  order  on  his  death-bed. 
68,  69,  78.     Teague  vs.  Lodge  No.  109, 

2,  The  tickets  voted  are  admissible  to  prove  that  a  teller  fraudulently  mis- 

read the  ballots  to  secure  the  election  of  a  brother.     94,  127.     Lodge 
No.  15  vs  Collins. 

3.  Brothers  may  testify  as  to  how  they  voted  at  an  election  to  prove  that  a 

teller  fraudulently  misread  the  ballots  to  secure  the  election  of  a 
brother.     94,  ^9,  123.     Lodge  No.  15  vs  Collins. 

See  Appeals  Nos.  1,  2,  3.  9. 

EXCEPTIONS.     See  Charges,  Bill  of  Exceptions,  Appeals. 

EX  PARTE  STATEMENTS.     See  Appeals  Nos.  2,  3,  4,  14. 

EX  PARTE  TESTIMONY.  JSee  Appeals  Nos.  2,  3,  4,  14. 

EXPENSES  OF  BURIAL.    See  ReHef  Committee,  Funeral  Benefits,  Funeral 
Assessments. 

EXPLANATION.     See  Pass-word. 

EXPULSION. 

The  jDenalty  of  expulsion,  the  highest — the  capital  one  of  the  order — ought 
only  to  be  visited  for  the  gravest  transgressions,  otherwise  injustice 
will  be  wrought  by  Lodges  in  the  expulsion  of  their  members.  250, 
281.     See  Penalty,  Appeals,  Offenses,  Dispensation. 

FACTS.     See  Appeals. 

FALSEHOOD.    See  Offenses  Nos.  5,  12. 

FEE  FOR  DEGREES.    See  Degrees  No.  3. 

FEE.     See  Initiation  Fee. 

FEIGNING  SICKNESS.    See  Offenses  No.  10. 

FINDING  OF  FACTS.     See  Appeals. 

FINE. 

A  member  fined,  in  accordance  with  the  By-Laws,  for  non-attendance  at  the 
funeral  of  a  member  of  the  same  Lodge,  who  died  in  good  standing, 
and  who  was  buried  by  the  Lodge,  must  pay  the  fine  notmthstanding 
that  the  deceased  died  of  intemperance.     188,  255,  282,  and  see  errata. 

FORCE.    See  Lodge  No.  4. 

FORM.    See  Blank  Forms. 


DIGEST.  369 

FRAUD.     See  Draft,  Nos.  1,  2,  Offenses,  Nos.  2,  3. 

FUNERAL  ASSESSMENTS. 

Where  a  brother  dies,  and  by  the  By-Laws  no  funeral  benefits  are  due,  and 
the  Lodge  voluntarily  makes  a  donation  to  his  family  to  defray  the 
funeral  expenses,  the  Lodge  cannot  oblige  the  members  to  pay  the 
usual  stipend  or  funeral  assessment  of  one  dollar,  to  keep  up  the 
funeral  fund.    229,  251,  appeal  of  John  Shelly. 

FUNERAL  BENEFITS. 

1.  Cannot  be  withheld  on  the  ground  that  the  deceased  renounced  the 

Order.    68,  69,  78,  Teague  vs.  Lodge,  No.   109. 

2.  By-Laws  of  a  Lodge,  providing  that  no  sick  or  funeral  benefits  shall  be 

paid  when  a  brother  renounces  the  Order  or  his  friends  refuse  to  have 
the  deceased  buried  under  the  auspices  of  the  Order,  disapproved  244. 

See  Relief  Committee  No.  2,  Appeals  No.  2. 

FUNERAL  FINE.     See  Fine.  Funeral  Assessments. 

GENERAL  RELIEF  COMMITTEE.     See  Relief  Committee. 

GENERAL  SYSTEM  OF  RELIEF.    See  Relief  Committee. 

GOOD  STANDING. 

1.  Defined  as  being  free  from  all  charges  involving  moral  turpitude,  disa- 

bility, and  delinquency   in  the  payment  of  dues,  assessments   and 
fines.     121,  302. 

2.  A  member  is  not  in  good  standing  merely  because  he  may  have  the  semi- 

annual pass-word.     121,  302. 

See  Relief  Committee,  No.  2. 

GRAND  LODGE.  See  Business  of  Grand  Lodge,  Election  of  Officers  of 
Grand  Lodge,  Constitution  of  Grand  Lodge,  Abstract  Questions. 

GRAND  MASTER.  See  Election  of  Officers  of  Grand  Lodge,  Dispensations. 
Jewels,  Abstract  Questions,  State  Board  of  Health,  District  Dep- 
uty Grand  Master. 

GRAND  REPRESENTATIVES.  See  District  Deputy  Grand  Master.  As  to 
instructions,  see  Relief  Committee,  No.  5,  Italian  Language,  Non- 
affiliates,  No.  1. 

GRAND  SECRETARY.  See  Blank  Forms,  State  Board  of  Health,  With- 
drawal Card. 

GRAND  WARDEN.    See  Election  of  Officers  of  Grand  Lodge. 

HEALTH.     See  State  Board  of  Health. 

HOME.     See  Odd  Fellows'  CoUege  and  Home. 


370  DIGEST. 

HONOKS,  OF  OFFICE.     See  Defense,  Nos.  1,  2,  Absence,  No.  2. 

HONOKS  OF  THE  OEDEK.     See  Burial. 

HONOES  OF  VICE  GEAND.     See  Vice  Grand,  Nos.  1,  2. 

IDENTITY.     See  Visitors  and  Visiting. 

INDECENT  BEHAVIOR     See  Offenses,  Nos.  6,  7,  16. 

INDECENT  LANGUAGE.     See  Offenses,  Nos.  6,  7. 

INITIATION. 

1.  In  the  absence  of  the  Noble  Grand  and  all  Past  Grands,  there  can  be 

no  initiation,  as  a  Vice  Grand  has  no  right  to  deliver  the  Past  Grand's 
charge.  (See  Digest  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  page  68.)  125, 
126,  12. 

2.  The  Lodge  can  elect  and  initiate  a  candidate,  notwithstanding  his  peti- 

tion to  become  a  member  is  lost  after  its  reception.     267,  293. 

3.  The  Grand  Lodge  disapproves  of  allowing  original  petitions  to  go  out 

of  the  hands  of  the  Secretary.     267,  293. 

See  Eejection,  No.  1,  Dispensation,  No.  1. 

INITIATION  FEE. 

The  Eecording  Secretary  cannot  pay  the  initiation  fee  to  the  Treasurer  be- 
fore the  ballot  is  taken,  except  the  By-Laws  of  the  Lodge  otherwise 
provide.    188,  255,  282,  and  see  Errata. 

INITIATORY  DEGEEE.     See  Lodge  Nos.  1,  2. 

INNOCENT  MISTAKE.     See  Cards. 

INSANE.     See  Benefits,  No.  7. 

INSANE  ASYLUM.     See  Benefits,  No.  7. 

INSOLVENCY.     See  Offenses,  Nos.  14,  15. 

INSTALLATION. 

1.  If  the  Noble  Grand  elect  does  not  appear  for  installation  at  the  first 

meeting  of  the  term,  the  Lodge  may  elect  and  install  another  person 
in  his  place.     187,  255,  282,  and  see  Errata. 

2.  Installing  officers  should  impress  upon  the  minds  of  those  officers  hold- 

ing in  custody  the  secret  work  of  our  Order,  the  great  importance  of 
such  trust,  and  the  binding  nature  of  their  obligation  in  the  premises, 
and  the  penalty  attached  to  their  violation.     28U,  296. 

See  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  No.  1,  Past  Grand,  Nos.  1,  2. 

INSTITUTION.     See  Sabbath,  Dispensation  No.  1. 


DIGEST.  371 

INSULTING  LA.NGUAGE.    See  Offenses,  Nos.  16,  7,  8,  11. 
INSTItUCTIONS.     See  Grand  Kepresentative. 
INTEMPERANCE.     See  Offenses,  No.  4,  Fine. 
INTEREST.     See  Vote  and  Voting. 
INVESTIGATING  COMMITTEE.     See  Offenses,  No.  3. 

ITALIAN  LANGUAGE. 

Our  Grand  Representatives  instructed  to  present  the  petition  printed  on 
page  4317  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States 
for  1868  again  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  and  ask  that 
the  proper  steps  be  taken  to  have  the  work  of  the  Order  translated  into 
the  Itahan  language,  and  authority  given  to  establish  Subordinate 
Lodges  to  work  in  that  language.     312. 

JEWELS. 

The  Grand  Lodge  will  in  future  present  the  retiring  Grand  Master  with  a 
Past  Grand  Master's  Jewel.    127. 

JOURNAL,  AS  TO  PRINTING.     See  Constitution  of  Grand  Lodge,  No.  4. 

JUDGMENT.     See  Appeals,  Nos.  1,  2,  9,  11,  13,  Charges,  No.  1. 

KEEPER  OF  LIQUOR  SALOON.     See  Liquor  Saloon. 

KNOWLEDGE.  See  Defense,  No.  1. 

LANGUAGE.     See  Offenses,  Nos.  7,  8,  11,  12,  13, 16. 

LAW,  ERRORS  OF.     See  Appeals,  Nos.  10,  11,  12,  13. 

LAWYER.     See  Charges,  No.  2. 

LEAVE  OF  ABSENCE.     See  Absence. 

LETTER.     See  Evidence  No.  1. 

LIAR.     See  Offenses,  Nos.  8,  11. 

LIE.     See  Offenses,  Nos.  13,  12,  5. 

LIMITATIONS,  STATUTE  OF.    See  Offenses,  Nos.  14,  15. 

LIQUOR  SALOON. 

The  question  "  Is  the  keeping  of  a  liquor  saloon  within  the  meaning,  spirit 
and  intent  of  our  laws,  a  respectable  known  means  of  support  ?"  the 
Grand  Lodge  answer  as  follows:  "The  business  in  question  is  not 
necessarily  disreputable,  but  may  be  and  very  frequentlj'  is  made  so, 
by  the  manner  in  which  it  is  conducted  ;  and  we  would  therefore  urge 
upon  aU  Lodges  a  very  careful  consideration  of  all  applications  from 
persons  engaged  in  such  business. "     12,  13,  125,  126. 


372  DIGEST. 

LODGE. 

1.  A  Lodge  open  in  the  Initiatory  Degree  should  vote  npon  and  determine 

the  time  for  holding    meetings  for  conferring  the  higher  degrees. 
83,  107. 

2.  All  business  of  the  Subordinate  Lodge,  except  the  election  to  and  con- 

feriing  of  the  degrees,  must  be  transacted  in  the  Initiatory  Degree. 
83,  107. 

3.  A  Lodge  is  not  necessarily  liable  to  pay  benefits  to,  or  expenses  incurred 

on  behalf  of  a  sick  brother,  merely  because  he  continues  to  hold 
membership  therein.     121,  302. 

4.  The  N.  G.  has  a  right  to  cause  a  member  under  suspension,  who  at  the 

hour  of  opening  the  Lodge  refuses  to  retire  and  remains  in  Lodge- 
room,  to  be  removed  therefrom  by  force.  256,  582,  Lodge  No.  109  vs. 
Turner. 

5.  The  Grand  Lodge  refuses  to  allow  a  Lodge  to  so  amend  its  By-Laws  as 

to  hold  but  twenty-six  meetings  a  year.  It  would  establish  a  danger- 
ous precedent,  seriously  retarding  the  growth  and  usefulness  of  a 
Lodge.     272,  294. 

See  Eelief  Committee,  By-Laws,  Degrees,  Abstract  Questions,  Grand  Lodge, 
Constitution  of  Grand  Lodge,  Constitution  of  Subordinate  Lodge, 
Dispensation. 

LODGE  UNDEK  DISPENSATION.  See  Kepresentation  and  Representa- 
tives, Nos.  1,  2,  3. 

MAGNOLIA  LODGE  PROTEST.     See  Sabbath. 

MAJORITY  REPORT.     See  Trial  Committee,  No.  2. 

MASONS.     See  Vote  and  Voting. 

MEANS  OF  SUPPORT.     See  Liquor  Saloon. 

MEETING,  PLACE  OF.     See  Dispensation  No.  1. 

MEETINGS  OF  LODGE.     See  Lodge  No.  5. 

MEETINGS  TO  CONFER  DEGREES.     See  Lodge  Nos.  1,  2. 

MEMBERSHIP.  See  Reinstatement,  Offenses  No.  3,  Rejection,  Dispensa- 
tion No.  1. 

MERITS.     See  Appeals  No.  2. 

MINORITY  REPORT.     See  Trial  Committee  No.  2. 

MISCONDUCT.     See  Removal  from  Office. 

MISLEAD.    See  Offenses,  Nos.  3, 12. 


DIGEST.  373 

MISTAKE.     See  Draft,  Withdrawal  Card,  Cards.' 

MORTUARY  REPORT.     See  State  Board  of  Health. 

NAME.     See  Offenses  No.  3,  \^sitors  and  Visiting. 

NEGLECT  AS  OFFICER  OF  LODGE.     See  Removal  from  Office. 

NEGLECT  TO  PAY  DUES.     See  Benefits  No.  3. 

NEW  TRIAL.     See  Charges  No.  1. 

NOBLE  GRAND, 

1.  A  Scarlet  Degree  member  is  not  eligible  to  fill  the  ofiice  of  Noble  Grand 

of  a  Degree  Lodge.  The  same  qualifications  are  necessary  as  for  the 
Noble  Grand  of  a  Subordinate  Lodge.     83,  107. 

2.  Cannot  put  his  Right  Supporter  in  the  chair  to  enable  him  to  take  part 

in  debate.     188,  255,  282,  and  see  errata. 

3.  He  may  put  the  question  to  the  Lodge  after  he  has  taken  part  in  the 

debate  on  it.     188,  255,  282,  and  see  errata. 

See  Removal  from  Office,  Order  for  Pass-Word,  D.  D.  G.  M.  No.  1,  Initiation 
No.  1,  Lodge  No.  4,  Question. 

NOBLE  GRAND  ELECT.     See  Installation. 

NOMINEES  FOR  D.  D.  GRAND  MASTER.     See  D.  D.  Grand  Master. 

NON-AFFILIATES. 

1.  Our  Grand  Representatives  instructed  to  remonstrate  against  the  adop- 

tion of  the  Resolutions  of  P.  G.  Sire  Veitch.  p.  4,320  Proceedings  Grand 
Lodge  of  U.  S.  for  1868.     103. 

2.  A  brother  cannot  apply  as  a  non-affiliated  Odd  Fellow  in  the  same  Juris- 

diction as  the  Lodge  from  which  he  has  been  suspended  for  non-pay- 
ment of  dues,  three  years  having  expired  or  elapsed  since  his  suspen- 
sion.    12,  125. 

NOTICE.     See  Removal  from  Office,  Defense  of  Grand  Secretary. 

NOTICE  OF  APPEAL. 

To ,  Lodge  No I.O.  0.  F.; 

Take  notice  that  the  undersigned  hereby  appeals  from  the  action  and  judg- 
ment of  this  Lodge,  in  the  matter  of  charges  preferred  against  him  by 

Brother on  the  following  grounds:   • 

Yours,  in  F.,  L.  and  T., 

Dated ,  18 

See  Appeals,  Nos.  4,  14,  15. 


374  DIGEST. 

NOTICE  OF  FILING  BEPORT  OF  TRIAL  COMMITTEE. 

1.  Lodge,  No I.  O.  O.  F.,) 

18....         S 

To :  • 

SiE  AND  Brother  :  Take  notice,  that  the  Committee  heretofore   appointed 

to  try  charges  preferred  against  you  by  Brother ,  have 

this  day  filed  their  report  herein. 

You  have  two  weeks  from  the  date  of  receiving  this  notice  within  which  to 
file  your  exceptions  thereto. 

Yours,  in  F.,  L.  and  T., 


Recording  Secretary.     234,  251. 
2.     CERTIFICATE  OF  SERVICE. 

NOTICE   OF  TILING  REPORT. 
To 


.Lodge,  No ,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  | 

,18....         f 


I  HEREBY  CERTIFY,  That  I  Served  the  within  notice  on ,  by 

delivering  to  and  leaving  with  him  a  copy  thereof,  this day  of 

,  A.  D.  18 . . ,  at  the  place  aforesaid. 


Recording  Secretary,     234,  251. 
See  Trial  Committee,  Blank  Forms. 

NURSE  AND  NURSING. 

A  Lodge  has  not  a  legal  claim  upon  another  Lodge  for  money  expended  in 
nursing  a  sick  member.  Contagious  disease  and  other  unusual  circum- 
stances constitute  no  exception.  The  custom  of  the  Order  is  to  treat 
such  claims  with  great  liberality.     187,  255,  282,  and  see  errata. 

See  Relief  Committee,  No.  2. 

OATH.     See  Charges,  No.  3. 

ODD  FELLOWS'  COLLEGE  AND  HOME. 

1.  The  subject  referred  to  a  committee  of  five,  to  take  such  action  in  the 

premises  as  they  may  deem  necessary;  provided,  "they  shall  not  create 
any  liability  against  the  Grand  Lodge,  until  they  have  first  reported 
and  received  its  assent  thereto."     75,  76,  82. 

2.  Report  of  Committee  proposing  the  founding  of  an  institution  which 

shall  become  a  Home  and  School  for  the  Orphans  of  Odd  Fellows;  a 
Hume  for  aged,  indigent  and  permanently  disabled  Odd  Fellows;  and 
a  College  for  the  education  of  children  of  living  Odd  Fellows,  and 
others  who  might  avail  themselves  of  the  advantages  of  such  an  insti- 
tution; and  presenting  the  proposition  of  the  Hon.  John  B.  Frisbie,  of 
Vallejo,  etc.  Report  adopted,  and  the  Committee  continued  for  one 
year,  and  authorized  to  accept  the  proposition  of  Frisbie,  and  to  take 
the  necessary  steps  to  carry  out  the  same.     240,  241,  263. 


DIGEST.  375 


OFFENSES. 


1. 


Embezzlement  of  money  of  Cemetery  Association,  by  Superintendent. 
6G,  78.     Lodge  No.  109  vs.  Turner. 

2.  A  teller  fraudulently  misreading  ballots,  to  secure  the  election  of  a  broth- 

er.   94,123.    Lodie No.  15  \8.  Collins. 

3.  Fraudulently  gaining  membership  in  the  Lodge  by  assuming  an  ahas 

name,  thereby  misleading  the  Investigating  Committee  and  members 
from  learning  his  reputation  and  character. 

4.  Drunkenness.     67,  78,  Lodge  No.  31  vs.  Derby. 

5.  Slandering  and  uttering  falsehoods  about  a  brother,  by  falsely  reporting 

that  he  had  informed  a  rejected  candidate  that  a  certain  brother  had 
cast  a  black  ball.     226,  250.    Goodale  vs.  Lodge  No.  148. 

6.  Indecent  behavior.     227,251.     Toman  ys.  Lodge  No.  21. 

7.  Vulgar  and  indecent  language,  under  intoxication,  on  a  public  street,  in 

the  presence  and  hearing  of  respectable  ladies  and  others.  227,  251. 
Toman  vs.  Lodge  No.  21. 

8.  Calling  a  brother  a  thief  and  liar  in  public,  in  an  angry  and  boisterous 

manner.     228,  280.     Charges  against  Bagnell. 

9.  A  suspended  member  to  refuse,  at  the  hour  for  opening  the  Lodge,  at 

a  regular  meeting  night,  to  retire  from  the  Lodge-room  when  requested 
by  the  Noble  Grand,  and  to  remain  thereafter,  and  compel  the  Noble 
Grand,  after  speaking  from  ten  to  fifteen  minutes,  in  endeavoring  to 
persuade  him  peaceably  to  retire,  to  call  on  the  Warden  and  other 
members  to  put  him  out  of  the  Lodge-Koom  by  force,  which  they  do. 
256,  282.     Lodge  No.  109  vs.  Turner. 

10.  Feigning  sickness  and  attempting  thereby  to  obtain  sick  benefits.     257, 

292.     Lodge  No.  1  vs.  Livingston. 

11.  Calling  a  brother  a  liar  in  open  Lodge.     257,  292.    Lodge  No.  1  vs. 

Livingston. 

12.  Willful  and  deliberate  falsehoods  to  deceive  a  Lodge.    257,  292,    Lodge 

No.  1  vs.  lAvingston. 

13.  Accusing  a  brother  in  open  Lodge  of  falsehood,  by  stating  concerning 

a  remark  that  had  been  made  by  such  member  that  '  'what  Brother 
has  said  about  me  is  a  He."  257,  292.  Lodge  No.  1  vs.  Liv- 
ingston. 

14.  An  Odd  Fellow  who  borrows  money  from  his  Lodge  is  not  morally  ex- 

cused from  paying  the  same  on  account  of  the  Statute  of  Limitations, 
or  on  account  of  the  lapse  of  time,  however  long  it  may  be,  and  one 
who  seeks  that  advantage,  or  who,  while  owing  money  to  his  Lodge, 
accepts  pecuniary  assistance  upon  condition  that  he  shall  not  fulfill 
his  moral  and  pecuniary  obligations  thereto,  is  guilty  of  an  ofl'ense, 
deserving  expulsion.     261,  292.    Lodge  No.  31  vs.  Fijield. 

15.  Applied  to  a  case  where  a  brother  after  his  insolvency  was  assisted  in 

his  business  by  persons  who  exacted  a  promise  from  him  that  he  would 
not  renew  any  of  his  old  obligations,  and  on  that  account  refusing  to 


376  DIGEST. 


OFFENSES— CONTINUED. 


take  any  steps  to  pay  or  in  effect  promise  to  pay  in  the  future.     261, 
292.     Lodge  No.  SI  ys.  Ftj    " 


16.  Insulting  language  towards  brothers  of  the  Order,  and  contemptuous 

langiiage  in  open  Lodge.     261,  292.     Battenberry  vs.  Lodge  Xo.  »7. 

17.  To  write  or  copy  the  charge  in  Degree  ot  Kebekah.     279,  280,  296. 
OFFICE.     See  Kemoval  from  Office,  Dispensation,  Noble  Grand, 
OFFICEES.     See  Election  of  Officers  of  Grand  Lodge,  Removal  from  Office. 

OFFICIALLY. 

It  is  not  necessary  for  a  D.  D.  Grand  Master  to  retire  and  announce  himself 
officially  upon  entering  in  order  that  his  decision  should  be  valid.  11, 
124,  126. 

OEDER,  EXILES  OF.     See  Question  Order,  Questions  of,  see  Question. 

OEDEE  FOE  PASS-WOED. 

A  Noble  Grand  cannot  give  an  order  for  the  P.  W,  of  the  term  succeeding 
his  term.     189,  255,  282,  and  see  errata. 

OEPHANS.     See  Odd  FeUows'  College  and  Home. 

PAEKEE  MONUMENT. 

1.  Placed  in  charge  of  Standing  Committee  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  their 

successors  in  office,  and  the  balance  of  moneys  on  hand  to  the  credit 
of  the  Parker  Monument,  and  all  moneys  to  be  hereafter  received  on 
account  thereof,  committed  to  the  care  of  said  Standing  Committee  in 
trust  for  the  embellishment  or  repairs  of  the  Monument  as  may  be 
deemed  necessary,  and  to  be  applied  to  no  other  purposes.     64. 

2,  Fifty  dollars  per  annum  allowed  out  of  the  Treasury  for  the  purpose  of 

keeping  it  in  proper  condition.     119. 

PASS-WOED  AND  EXPLANATION. 

The  Warden  may  require  the  Pass- Word  as  well  as  its  explanation  on  ex- 
amination prior  to  opening.     187,  255,  282,  and  see  errata. 

See  order  for  Pass-Word,  Annual  Traveling  P.  W. 

PAST  GEAND. 

1.  Where  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  N.  G.,  by  resignation,  and  all 
qualified  brothers  refuse  to  serve,  and  the  V.  G.,  who  is  a  scarlet 
member  that  has  not  served  a  term  as  V.  G.,  or  the  balance  of  a  term 
to  fill  a  vacancy,  is  elected  and  installed  N.  G.,  without  dispensation,  no 
objections  being  raised,  and  the  Lodge  acting  in  good  faith,  and  serves 
as  N.  G.  the  balance  of  the  term,  the  irregularity  (the  want  of  dispen- 
sation) is  cured,  and  the  brother  is  entitled  to  the  rank  of  Past 
Grand.    65,  76,  78,  Solomon  vs.  Lodge  No.  38. 


DIGEST.  377 

PAST  GEAND— CONTINUED. 

2.  If  the  objection  had  been  raised  before  installation,  it  would  have  been 

a  good  cause  for  a  new  election.     65,  76,  78,  Solomon  vs.  Lodge  No.  38. 

3.  A  liepresentative  who  is  apjjointed  by  the  Grand  Master,  previous  to 

the  close  of  the  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  as  a  member  of  a  regular 
Committee,  and  serves  on  said  Committee  during  the  recess,  and  at 
the  next  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  attends  the  session,  but  is  not 
returned  by  his  Lodge  as  a  Kepresentative,  cannot  serve  on  such 
Committee,     113,  117. 

4.  The  Grand  Master  may  appoint  a  Past  Grand  not  a  Kepresentative  to 

an  appointed  office.     114,  117. 

5.  A  Past  Grand  not  a  Kepresentative  cannot  be  appointed  on  a  regular 

Committee.     114,  117. 

6.  A  Past  Grand  not  a  Kepresentative  cannot  act  on  a  regular  Committee. 

114,  117. 

See  Initiation,  No.  1,  Election  of   Officers  of  Grand  Lodge,  District  Deputy 
Crrand  Master,  No.  6. 

PAST  GKAND'S  CHAEGE.     See  Initiation,  No.  1. 

PAST  GKAND  MASTER.     See  Jewels. 

PAST  VICE  GKAND.     See  Vice  Grand,  No.  1. 

PAY.     See  Watchers  and  Watching  with  Sick,  No.  2. 

PAYMENT  OF  DUES.     See  Benefits,  Nos.  3,  4. 

PENALTY. 

1.  A  brother  after  being  summoned,  refusing  to  attend  the  regular  meeting 

and  receive  the  reprimand  imposed  by  the  Lodge  as  a  penalty,  on  con- 
viction of  certain  charges,  should  be  suspended  from  all  the  benefits 
and  privileges  of  membership,  in  accordance  with  Section  Seven, 
Article  Seven  Constitution  of  Subordinates.  188,  255,  252,  and  see 
erTctta. 

2.  The  members  of  the  Lodge  who  hear  the  words  uttered  in  open  Lodge, 

and  see  the  manner  of  the  brother,  and  feel  the  effect  of  his  words, 
are,  in  cases  of  charges,  therefore,  more  capable  of  affixing  the  pen- 
alty, than  the  Committee  on  Appeals,  or  the  Grand  Lodge.  258,  292, 
Lodge  No.  1  vs.  Livingston. 

3.  As  to  the  power  or  right  of  the  Grand  Lodge  to  review  the  penalty 

on  appeal.  In  the  case  of  Goodale  vs.  Lodge  No.  148,  in  which 
a  member  was  expelled  for  slandering  and  uttering  falsehood  about  a 
brother,  by  falsely  reporting  that  he  had  informed  a  rejected  candi- 
date that  a  certain  brother  had  cast  a  black  ball,  the  Grand  Lodge 
declared,  "  Were  we  enabled  to  review  the  penalty  in  this  case,  we 
might  deem  the  same  excessive.  And  we  cannot  forego  the  expression 
of  the  opinion  that  the  penalty  of  expulsion,  the  highest— the  capital 


378  DIGEST. 

PENALTY— CONTINUED. 

one  of  the  Order,  ought  only  to  be  visited  for  the  gravest  transgres- 
sions. Until  this  is  done,  injustice  will  be  wrought  by  Lodges  in  the 
expulsion  of  these  members. "     250,  226. 

4.  In  the  case  of  Lodge  Xo.  1  vs.  Livingston,  the  Grand  Lodge  declared, 
"Whether,  under  the  proof  as  to  this  charge,  (calling  a  brother  a  liar 
"in  open  Lodge)  basing  the  action  of  the  Lodge  on  that  alone,  the 
**  punishment  (of  expulsion)  is  not  excessive,  a  disinterested  person 
*'  might  reasonably  doubt.  But  he  policy  of  our  laws  is  not  to  dis- 
"  turb  the  judgment  of  Lodges,  based  on  the  verdict  of  committees, 
"  rendered  on  matters  of  fact,  unless  the  evidence  is  palpably  insuffi- 
"  cient  to  justify  the  verdict  of  the  committee  ;  and  this  is  wise." 
258,  292. 

PERMANENT  SECRETARY.     See  Vice  Grand,  No.  2. 

PETITION.     See  Initiation,  No.  2.  ' 

PIC-NIC.     See  Sabbath,  Dispensations,  Nos.  1,  3. 

PLACE  OF  MEETING.     See  Dispensation,  No.  1. 

PLEADINGS.     See  Charges,  No.  9. 

POSTPONEMENT.     See  Charges,  No.  2,  Appeals,  No.  12. 

PRAYER. 

If  the  By-Laws  of  a  Lodge  prescribe  a  form  of  prayer,  no  other  should  be 
used.  In  such  a  case,  the  Chaplain  cannot  deliver  at  the  opening  or 
closing  of  the  Lodge,  any  other  form  of  prayer.     267,  293. 

PRINTING.     See  Committee  on  Printing  ;  and  as  to  printing  the  Journal  see 
Constitution  of  G.  L.,  No.  4. 

PRIVILEGES.     See  Defense,  No.  1. 

PROPOSALS.    As  to  proposals  for  printing  the  Journal,  see  Constitution  of 
G.  L.,  No  4. 

PROPOSITION.     See  Initiation,  No.  2. 

PROTEST  OF  MAGNOLIA  LODGE.    See  Sabbath.    Dispensation. 

QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  OFFICE.     See  N.  G.,  No.  1. 

QUESTION. 

1.     No  question  can  be  stated  or  put  to  vote  except  from  the  chair  of  the 
N.  G.     14,  125,  126. 

2    Where  the  Rules  of  Order  provide  that  in  case  of  appeal  from  the  deci- 
cision  of  the  N.  G.,  on  questions  of  order,  the  question  shall  be  taken 


DIGEST.  379 

QUESTION— CONTINUED. 

by  the  V.  G.;  it  is  illegal  for  the  V.  G.,  on  such  an  appeal,  to  put  the 
question  from  the  chair  of  the  V.  G.,  and  the  act  is  void.     14,  125 
126,  127.  ' 

See  Abstract  Questions,  Noble  Grand,  No.  3. 

QUESTIONS  OF  OKDEK.     See  Question. 

KEBEKAH  DEGKEE. 
An  offense  to  write  or  copy  the  charge  in  the  Degree  of  Rebekah,  279,  280, 

EEBEKAH  DEGEEE  LODGE. 

The  Grand  Lodge  has  exercised  the  authority  and  power  conferred  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  to  institute  Rebekah  Degree  Lodges 
and  adopted  the  following  resolutions : 

1.  That  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  R.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master,  and  the 

E.  W.  Grand  Secretary  be,  and  are  hereby  appointed  a  committee  ^vith 
authority  to  institute  Degree  Lodges  of  the  Degree  of  Rebokah  through- 
out this  jurisdiction,  and  that  such  Lodges  shall  possess  the  powers 
and  enjoy  the  privileges  prescribed  by  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
United  States. 

2.  That  the  Committee  be  empowered  to  authorize,  by  written  commission, 

any  Past  Grand  in  good  standing  to  institute  such  Lodges  in  a  particular 
District. 

3.  That  the  By-Laws  and  Rules  of  Order  that  may  be  enacted  by  a  Rebekah 

Degree  Lodge  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Committee. 

4.  That  sueh  Lodges  be  under  the  charge  and  control  of  the  Committee. 

5.  That  the  actions  and  decisions  of  the  Committee  be  subject  to  the  con- 

firmation of  this  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge,  and  that  the  Committee  make 
an  annual  report  thereto  of  all  their  actions  and  decisions. 

6.  That  the  terms  be  the  same  as  in  Subordinate  Lodges,  and  that  all  terms 

shall  commence  on  the  first  day  of  January  and  July  in  each  year, 
and  end  on  the  day  on  which  the  succeeding  one  commences. 

7.  That  the  ofi&cers  shall  serve  a  regular  term;  and  the  Lodge  may  elect  a 

Financial  Secretary  for  the  same  time,  or  one  year,  to  take  charge  of 
the  accounts  between  the  Lodge  and  its  members. 

8.  That  nominations  for  elective  officers  shall  be  made  only  on  the  two 

meetings  immediately  preceding  that  of  the  regular  election,  except 
when  the  nominees  for  an  office  all  decline. 

9.  That  officers  shall  be  elected  at  the  last  regular  meeting  in  each  term, 

and  shall  enter  upon  the  discharge  of  their  duties  at  the  first  regular 
meeting  ia  the  new  term  after  the  Lodge  has  acted  upon  the  report  of 
the  retiring  officers. 


380  DIGEST. 

EEBEKAH  DEGKEE  LODGE— continued. 

10.  That  vacancies  in  an  elective  office  may  be  filled  by  the  Lodge  by  nom- 

ination and  election  at  the  next  regular  meeting  after  nominating;  and 
until  so  filled  the  Noble  Grand  shall  appoint  a  member  to  the  office 
pro  tern. 

11.  That  any  officer  absenting  himself  or  herself  from  the  Lodge  for  three 

successive  meetings,  except  in  case  of  sickness,  or  any  officer  for  mis- 
conduct or  neglect  as  such,  may  be  removed  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of 
the  members  voting  at  the  next  regular  meeting,  after  a  resolution 
therefor  has  been  offered  in  the  Lodge. 

12.  That  the  officers  for  the  term  about  expiring  shall  prepare  and  deliver 

or  transmit  to  the  R.  W.  Grand  Secretary,  the  result  of  the  elections, 
and  a  regular  report  of  the  work  of  the  term,  including  the  names  of 
the  brothers  admitted,  the  names  of  the  sisters  admitted,  the  names 
of  the  brothers  dropped  from  the  roll,  the  names  of  the  sisters 
dropped  from  the  roll,  the  names  of  the  sisters  deceased,  the 
names  and  the  number  of  those  upon  whom  the  Degree  is  conferred, 
the  whole  number  in  membership,  the  amount  of  receipts  and  the 
amount  of  disbursements. 

13.  That  in  addition  to  the  above,  the  officers  for  the  term  expiring  on  the 

first  meeting  in  July,  shall  annually  make  to  the  Grand  Lodge  a  full 
return  of  the  members  of  the  Lodge,  and  a  statement  of  the  number 
of  brothers  and  sisters  relieved  in  the  past  year,  the  amount  of 
benefits  granted,  the  number  of  widows  relieved,  the  number  of 
orjihans  relieved,  the  number  of  members  buried,  the  amount  of 
money  applied  to  each  of  these  purposes,  designating  the  amount  paid 
for  the  education  of  orphans,  the  amount  of  money  in  the  treasury, 
and  the  amount  of  investments,  88,  89,  115,  252. 

EECOEDING  SECRETAEY.     See  Initiation  Fee. 
EECONSIDEEATION.     See  Eejection,  No.  2. 

EEGALIA,  CHANGE  OF. 

The  Grand  Lodge  refuses  to  instruct  Grand  Eepresentatives  in  regard  to 
rescinding  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  chang- 
ing the  regalia.    74,  106. 

See  Sabbath,  Dispensation. 

EEGULAE  COMMITTEES.     See  Past  Grand,  Nos.  3,  5,  6. 

EE-INSTATEMENT. 

1.  On  re-instatement,  a  brother  must  pay  the  amount  of  the  yearly  dues  at 

the  time  he  ceased  membership,  and  not  the  amount  of  the  yearly 
dues  at  the  date  of  his  re-instatement.  This  amount  is  the  same, 
whether  the  re-instatement  be  on  motion  within  one  year  by  a  two- 
thirds  vote,  or  on  petition  after  the  year,  as  in  case  of  initiates.  64, 
76.     Chaffin  vs.  Lodge  No.  33. 

2.  An  error  in  admitting  a  brother  by  payment  of  less  than  is  due  does  not 

deprive  the  brother  of  membership.  The  balance  due  can  be  charged 
against  him  on  the  books.     64,  76.     Chaffin  vs.  Lodge  No.  33. 


DIGEST.  381 

KE-INSTATEMENT— CONTINUED. 

3.  A  brother  who  may  have  ceased  membership  for  non-payment  of  dues 
may  be  re-instated  alter  one  year  by  paying  the  amount  due  the  Lodge, 
"  together  with  such  additional  amount,  on  account  of  the  increased 
age  of  the  appHcant,  as  the  By-Laws  of  the  Lodge  may  require."  74, 
106. 

See  Kejection,  No.  2,  Dispensation,  No.  1. 

REJECTION. 

1.  Where  on  ballot  for  initiation  there  being  one  black  ball,  the  matter  is 

deferred  under  Section  1,  Article  3,  Constitution  of  Subordinates,  one 
week,  and  at  the  next  meeting  the  N.  G. ,  states  that  no  reason  has 
been  given  him  for  the  black  ball,  he  should  declare  the  candidate 
elected  ;  yet  if  he  orders  another  ballot,  which  is  taken  without  ob- 
jections, and  three  blackballs  are  cast,  and  he  declares  the  candidate 
rejected,  the  rejection  is  valid  and  the  candidate  must  wait  the  usual 
time  before  he  can  make  a  new  application.  189,  255,  282  and  see 
errata. 

■ 

2.  A  Brother  re-instated  by  vote  in  due  form,  cannot  be  rejected  at  a  sub- 

sequent meeting  by  a  reconsideration  of  the  first  vote.  189,  255,  282, 
and  see  errata. 

See  Offenses  No.  5. 

RELIEF.     See  Dispensation  No.  1. 

RELIEF  COMMITTEE. 

1.  A  member  of  a  Relief  Committee  has  the  right  to  demand  the  S.  A.  P. 

W.,  of  a  brother  sick  or  in  distress  if  the  brother  seeks  relief.  112, 
117. 

2.  Where  a  member  of  this  jurisdiction,  but  not  in  good  standing,  having 

the  S.  A.  P.  W.,  was,  while  away  from  his  Lodge,  taken  sick  in  San 
Francisco,  and  the  General  Relief  Committee  of  that  city  had  notice 
of  his  sickness,  Nov.  25th,  1868,  and  immediately  employed  a  nurse 
for  him  and  on  the  next  day  he  died,  and  on  the  morning  of  Nov.  27th, 
the  Committee  telegraphed  to  his  Lodge  the  fact,  and  asked  instruc- 
tions regarding  the  disposition  of  the  body,  and  at  2^,  P.  M.,  of  same 
day  the  Committee  received  a  telegram  from  his  Lodge  informing  them 
of  the  fact  that  the  brother  was  not  in  good  standing,  and  at  3,  P.  M., 
the  Committee  buried  the  body,  at  an  expense  of  $56,  in  accordance 
with  their  airangements  made  before  the  telegram  was  received,  and 
the  Bv-Laws  of  the  Lodge  provide  that  on  the  death  of  a  brother  in 
good  standing  the  sum  of  $75  shall  be  allowed  as  a  funeral  benefit, 
and  $10  per  week  during  sickness,  said  General  Relief  Committee 
as  a  matter  of  right  can  claim  from  the  Lodge  no  more  than  two  week's 
benefits,  as  allowed  by  the  By-Laws.     119,  120,  121,  302. 

3.  Has  no  other,  further  or  higher  powers  than  a  Lodge  would  have  under 

similar  circumstances.     121,  302. 

*4.     The  subject  of  the  organization  of  a  General  Relief  Committee  for  the 
jurisdiction  referred  to  a  Special  Committee  of  five,  to  consider  and 


382  DIGEST. 

EELIEF  COMMITTEE— CONTINUED. 

perfect  a  suitable  plan  therefor,  and  report  the  same  at  the  session  of 
1871.     297,  298,  302. 

5.  Kepresentatives  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States  instructed  to 
urge  upon  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  the  establishment 
of  a  General  System  of  Relief  within  its  jurisdiction,  and  the  general ' 
plan,  as  set  forth  on  pages  4604  and  4665  of  the  Journal  of  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  recommended  as 
the  basis  of  appropriate  legislation.     293,  301. 

REMOVAL  FROM  OFFICE. 

"A  resolution  under  Section  8,  Article  VI,  Constitution  of  Subordinates, 
removing  a  Noble  Grand  from  office  for  misconduct  in  office,  must 
specify  in  what  the  misconduct  consists,  and  a  copy  or  notice  thereof 
be  served  on  him,"  unless  he  is  present,  and  has  actual  knowledge 
thereof.     269,  294,  187. 

REMOVAL  OF  PERSON  FROM  LODGE  ROOM.     See  Lodge  No.  4. 

RENT.     See  Vote,  and  Voting. 

RENUNCIATION. 

No  Subordinate  Lodge  should,  under  any  circumstances,  pass  a  resolution, 
declaring  that  a  deceased  brother  has  on  his  death  bed  renounced  the 
Order,  except  from  the  clearest  proofs  and  most  positive  evidence,  if 
at  all.  272,  294.  See  Benefits  Nos.  5,  6,  Funeral  Benefits,  Evidence 
No.  1. 

REPORT  OF  TRIAL  COMMITTEE. 

To Lodge,  No. . .  .1.  0.  0.  F.  : 

Your  Committee  heretofore  appointed  to  try  the  charges  preferred 

against ,  by  Bro , . . . ,  report  that 

the  accompanying  documents  contain  the  proceedings  of,  and  the  evi- 
dence taken  before,  said  Committee. 

That,  from  all  that  appeared  to  said  Committee  in  said  case,  they  find 
Bro 

Committee. 

233,  251.    See  Trial  Committee  Nos.  2,  3,  Notice  of  Filing  Report. 

REPRESENTATION,  AND  REPRESENTATIVES. 

1.  Section  11,  Article  VI,  Constitution  of  Subordinates,  amended,  so  that 

Lodge  under  dispensation,  shall  elect  one  representative  for  its  dis- 
pensation.   77,  106. 

2.  Lodge  under  dispensation  which  makes  no  report,  prior  to  the  31st  of 

December  of  the  previous  year,  is  entitled  to  only  one  representative. 
77,  106. 

3.  Those  making  such  report,  are  represented  according  to  membership 

like  other  Lodges.    77,  and  106. 


DIGEST.  383 

REPRESENTATION,  AND  REPRESENTATIVES -continued. 

4.  Section  11,  Article  VI,  Constitution  of  Subordinates,  umended,  so  that 
the  election  of  representatives  takes  place  previous  to  the  second  Tues- 
day in  May,  oi  each  year.     Ill . 

,  5.  Certain  representatives  admitted  without  proper  certificates,  or  creden- 
tials.    2S8,  180. 

See  Grand  Representatives. 

REPRIMAND.     See  Penalty,  No.  1. 

REPUTATION.     See  Defense,  No.  1,  Offenses. 

RESIDENCE.     See  Dispensation,  No.  1. 

RESPECTABLE,  AS  TO  MEANS  OF  SUPPORT.     See  Liquor  Saloon. 

RIGHTS.    See  Defense,  Nos.  1,  2. 

RIGHT  SUPPORTER.     See  Noble  Grand.  No.  2. 

RULES  OF  ORDER.     See  Question. 

SABBATH. 

1.  A  Lodge  has  a  right,  without  dispensation,  to  hold  a  picnic  on  any  day, 

without  regalia.    296. 

2.  The  above  decision,  made  in  reference  to  the  protest  of  Magnolia  Lodge, 

No.  29,  concerning  the  celebration  of  the  anniversary  of  its  institution 
by  a  picnic  on  Sunday. 

See  relating  thereto  the  Grand  Master's  decision,  190,  the  Reports  of 
the  Committee  on  the  State  of  the  Order,  274  to  279,  and  decision  of 
Grand  Lodge,  296. 

SCARLET  DEGREE  MEMBERS.  See  Dispensation,  No.  1,  Noble  Grand, 
No.  1, 

SECRETARY.  See  Recording  Secretary,  Grand  Secretary,  Permanent  Secre- 
tary. 

SECRET  WORK.  See  Work  of  our  Order,  Offenses,  No.  17,  District  Deputy 
Grand  Master,  No.  5,  Rebekah  Degi-ee. 

SEMI-ANNUAL  PASS-WORD.  See  Pass-word,  Relief  Committee  No.  1, 
Good  Standing,  No.  2. 

SERVICE,  IN  OFFICE.  See  Vice  Grand,  Nos.  1,  2,  Absence,  Election  of 
Officers  of  Grand  Lodge. 

SERVICE.  Of  Summons.  See  Summons.  Of  Copy  of  Charges.  See 
Charges.  Of  Subpoena.  See  Subj^oena.  Of  Notide  of  Filing  Report 
of  Trial  Committee.     See  Notice  of  Filing  Report  of  Trial  Committee, 

SESSION.     See  Degrees,  No.  1,  Lodge,  Nos.  1,  5, 
U 


384  DIGEST. 

SESSIONS,  ANNUAL.     See  Annual  Communications. 

SICK  AND  SICKNESS.     See  Watchers  and  Watching,  Lodge  No.  3,  Niirse, 
Benejfits,  Absence,  State  Board  of  Health. 

SICK  BENEFITS.     See  Benefits. 

SLANDEK.     See  Offenses,  Nos.  5,  8,  11,  13. 

STANDING  COMMITTEE.     See  Committee  on  Printing. 

STATE  BOAED  OF  HEALTH. 

Grand  Master  authorized  and  required  to  instruct  all  Secretaries  of  Subor- 
dinate Lodges  in  this  jurisdiction  to  make  out  and  forward  to  the  Grand 
Secretary,  or  to  other  persons,  as  directed  by  the  Grand  Master,  such 
annual  reports  as  required  by  the  State  Board  of  Health,  showing  the 
number  and  nature  of  deaths  in  each  Lodge,  and  amount  and  nature 
of  sickness  thereof,  and  suitable  blanks  to  be  provided  by  the  Grand 
Secretary  for  that  purpose.     153,  281. 

STATEMENTS.     See  Appeals,  Nos.  2,  4,  14,  15. 

STATUTE  OF  LIMITATIONS.     See  Offenses,  14,  15. 

STEKEOTYPE.    As  to  Stereotyping  the  Journal.     See  Constitution  of  Grand 
Lodge,  No.  4. 


SUBPCENA. 

1.     Form. 

Lodge,  No ,  I.  O.  0.  F., 

,18 

To : 


":i 


You  are  hereby  notified  and  required  to  appear  before  the  Committee  here- 
tofore appointed  to  try  the  charges  preferred  by  Brother 

against  Brother ,  at  ,  on  the day  of , 

A.  D.  18.    . .,  at o'clock  M.  of  that  day,  to  testify  as  a  witness  therein, 

on  behalf  of  said 

By  order  of  the  Committee. 

, 

Secretary  of  Committee.    233,  251. 
2.     Certificate  of  Service. 

SUBPCENA.  ' 

To 

Lodge,  No ,1.  O.  0.  F.,  | 

18....      \ 

I  HEREBY  CERTIFY,  That  ou  the day  of A.  D.  18. . . . ,  I 

served  the  within  subpoena  on ,  by  delivering  to  and  leaving  with 

him  a  copy  thereof,  in  the ,  County  of 


Member  of  said  Lodge.    233,  251. 


DIGEST.  385 

SUBPCENA— CONTINUED. 

3.     Acceptance  of  Service. 

I  hereby  accept  service  of  the  within  subpoena,  at    ,  this day 

of A.  D.  18.... 


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See  Blank  Forms. 
SUICIDE.     See  Burial, 

SUMMONS. 

1.    Form. 

Lodge  No ,1.  0.0. 

,  lo .... 

To ; 

SiK  AND  Brother  :  Yon  are  hereby  notified  that  on  the day  of 

•_ ,  A.  D .  18 . . ,  charges  and  specifications — of  which  a  cer- 
tified copy,  under  the  seal  of  the  Lodge,  is  herewith  served  on  you — 
were  preferred  against  you  and  filed  in  said  Lodge,  and  were  referred 
for  trial  to  the  undersigned  Committee. 

You  are  hereby  summoned  to  appear  before  said  Committee,  at 

on  the    . .  .day  of ,  A.  D.  18. . ,  at o'clock,    M. 

of  that  day,  to  make  answer  to  said  charges  and  proceed  with  the  trial 
thereof.  In  default  of  which,  you  will  be  reported  to  said  Lodge  as 
being  guilty  of  contempt  thereof. 


2.     FILING. 

SUMMONS. 

To 


} 


Committee. 
232,  251. 


Filed  this day  of ,  A.  D.  187. . . . 

• • J 

Secretary  of  Committee.    223,  251. 

3.     CERTIFICATE  OF  SERVICE. 

Lodge,  No ,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  | 


18.... 


I  HEREBY  CERTIFY,  That  on  the day  of ,  A.  D.  18 .... ,  at 

the ,  State  of  California,  I  served  the  within  sum- 
mons, also  the  charges  and  specifications  referred  to  therein,  by  de- 
livering to  and  leaving  with  said ,  the  accused,  a  copy  of 

said  summons,  attached  to  a  copy  of  the  charges  and  specifications 
against  him,  certified  under  the  seal  of  the  Lodge. 


Member  of  said  Lodge.    232,251. 
4.    ADMISSION  OF  SERVICE. 


,18.... 

I  hereby  admit  due  service  of  the  within  summons,  also  of  a  duly  certified 
copy,  under  the  seal  of  the  Lodge,  of  the  charges  and  specifications 

referred  to  herein,  this day  of ,  18 ... . 

232,  251. 

See  Blank  Forms, 


386  DIGEST. 

SUNDAY.     See  Sabbath. 
SUPPOET.     See  Liquor  Saloon. 

SUPPOETEK.  See  Noble  Grand,  No.  2. 

SUSPENSION.     See  Penalty  No.  1,  Lodge,  No.  4,  Appeals,  Nos.  6,  7,  8. 

TELLEE.     See  Offenses,  No.  4. 

TESTIMONY.     See  Appeals,  Nos.  2,  12,  Evidence,  Trial  Committee,  Nos.  1,  4. 

THIEF.     See  Offenses,  No.  8.  . 

TICKETS.     See  Offenses,  No.  2,  Evidence,  No.  2. 

TIME.     See  Offenses,  No.  14. 

TEAVELING  CAED.     See  Cards,  Degrees,  No.  2. 

TEAVELING  PASS-WOED.  See  Degrees,  No.  2. 

TEEASUEEE.     See  Initiation  Fee. 

TEIAL  COMMITTEE. 

1.  Must  be  composed  of  the  full  number  required  by  law,  and  all  must  be 

present  to  see  and  hear  all  the  witnesses  and  testimony.  67,  78.   Lodge 
No.  109  vs.  Turner. 

2.  May  submit  majority  and  minority  reports  as  to  the  guilt  and  innocence 

of  the  accused.     94  to  100,  123. 

3.  FOEM  OF  EEPOET. 

To Lodge,  No J.O.O.F. : 

Your  Committee,  heretofore  appointed  to  try  the  charges  preferred  against 

.............  by  Brother ,  report  that  the  accompanying 

documents  contain  the  proceedings  of,  and  the  evidence  taken  before, 
said  Committee. 

.That,  from  all  that  aj^ijeared  to  said  Committee  in  said  case,  they  find 
Brother 

>-  Committee. 
)         233,  251. 

4.  Is  much  more  capable  of  judging  of  the  testimony  of  witnesses  and 

weighing  the  same  than  the  Committee  on  Appeals,  because  they  see . 
and  hear  the  witnesses,  and  the  manner  and  tone  in  which  the  testi- 
mony is  given.     258,  292.     Lodge  No.  1  \s.  Livimjston. 

See  Charges,  Notice  of  Filing  Eeport  of  Trial  Committee. 

VEEDICT.     See  Appeals,  Trial  Committee. 


DIGEST.  387 

VICE  GKAND. 

1.  A  Vice  Grand  elected  and  installed  N.  G.  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by 

the  resignation  of  the  N.  G.,  forfeits  the  honors  of  the  V.  G.,  and 
they  pass  to  his  successor.     65,  78. 

2.  A  brother  who  has  served  twenty-six  weeks  in  the  office  of  Permanent 

Secretary,  but  never  in  any  other  office,  is  not  eligible  to  the  office  of 
Vice  Grand.    83,  107. 

3.  A  Vice  Grand  has  no  right  to  deliver  the  Past  Grand's  charge.  125, 126. 

See  Question. 

VISITING  CAKD.    See  Cards. 

VISITING  COMMITTEE.     See  Watchers  and  Watching. 

VISITING  AND  VISITORS. 

A  Lodge  should  admit  a  visiting  brother  in  possession  of  a  Visiting  Card, 
who  can  not  write  his  name  on  the  margin  of  his  card,  if  he  can  prove 
his  identity  in  any  other  manner  satisfactory  to  the  Lodge.     112,  117. 

VOTE  AND  VOTING. 

A  Lodge  rents  its  hall  to  a  Masonic  Lodge  ;  a  member  is  not  debarred  from 
voting  on  a  proposition  to  reduce  the  rent,  simply  because  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  and  therefore  may  be  interested.  187, 
255,  282,  and  see  errata. 

See  Question. 

VOTEES.     See  Evidence,  No.  3. 

VULGAE  LANGUAGE.     See  Offenses,  No.  7. 

WAEDEN.     See  Password  and  Explanation. 

WATCHEES  AND  WATCHING  WITH  SICK. 

1.  A  brother  cannot,  after  he  has  been  notified  by  the  Visiting  Committee 

to  watch  with  a  sick  brother,  absent  himself  without  procuring  a  sub- 
stitute, or  informing  the  Visiting  Committee  of  his  intention  to  be 
absent,  and  then  claim  to  be  excused  for  said  neglect,  under  the  fol- 
lowing By-Law,  to  wit :  "  Any  brother  neglecting  or  refusing  to  watch 
with  the  sick  or  to  procure  a  substitute,  when  required  by  the  Visiting 
Committee,  shall  be  fined  five  dollars,  except  in  case  of  absence  or 
sickness  of  himself  or  family.     267,  293. 

2.  The  Grand  Lodge  answers  the  question,  "Is  it  incumbent  upon  the 

Noble  Grand  of  a  Lodge  to  compel  his  members  to  watch  with  a  so- 
journing sick  brother,  without  compensation  from  the  Lodge  to  which 
he  belongs  ?"  as  follows  : 

It  is  a  binding  duty,  imposed  upon  the  members  of  the  Order  by  our 
laws  and  principles,  to  watch  with  a  sick  brother  without  compensa- 
tion, when  called  upon  to  do  so,  and  without  regard  to  the  Lodge  to 
which  the  sick  brother  may  belong,     268,  293. 


388  DIGEST. 

WEEKLY  BENEFITS.     See  Benefits. 

WITHDRAWAL  CARD. 

A  brother  to  whom  a  withdrawal  card  is  granted,  returns  the  same  with  a  re- 
quest that  it  be  annulled,  as  he  had  not  applied  for  the  same,  and  did 
not  wish  to  sever  his  connection  with  the  Lodge.  The  Lodge  has  the 
right  to  rectify  the  mistake,  by  annulling  the  card,  and  it  is  not  neces- 
sary to  notify  the  Grand  Secretary  of  its  action  in  the  matter.     79. 

See  Cards,  Charges,  Nos.  7,  8. 

WITHDRAWAL  OF  DISPENSATION.     See  Dispensation,  No.  4. 

WITNESS.     See  Charges,  No.  3,  Trial  Committee,  Nos.  1,  4,  Evidence,  No.  3. 

WORK  OF  OUR  ORDER. 

Installing  officers  should  impress  upon  the  minds  of  those  officers  holding 
in  custody  the  secret  work  of  our  Order,  the  great  importance  of  such 
trust,  and  the  binding  nature  of  their  obligations  in  the  premises  and 
the  penalty  attached  to  their  violation.     280,  296. 

See  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  No.  5,  Offenses,  No.  17,  Rebekah. 
Degree,  Italian  Language. 

WRITE.     See  Visiting  and  Visitors, 


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